Meaning & use
encore
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An additional performance given by a performer in response to audience applause, or a call for one.
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The band returned for a two-song encore after the crowd kept cheering.
Critics say her latest album is a worthy encore to her debut.
A note on using this word
Also used as an interjection shouted by an audience demanding another performance, and figuratively for any impressive follow-up act.
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