Definition of ENCORE

encore

Plural: encores

Noun

  • an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
  • A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
  • A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

Verb

Verb Forms: encored, encoring, encores

  • To call for an additional performance from an artist.
  • request an encore, from a performer
  • To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
  • To call for an encore.
  • To perform an encore.

Intj

  • Please perform again!

Examples

  • Can I get an encore? We want more!
  • The crowd wanted to encore his magnificent Scrabble performance.
  • The encores were numerous.
  • to encore a performer
  • to encore a song
  • To play an encore.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

Scrabble Score: 8

encore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
encore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
encore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

encore: valid Words With Friends Word