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/ˈɒŋkɔː/ · noun
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete..
To play an encore.
Can I get an encore? We want more!
The encores were numerous.
to encore a performer
to encore a song
In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!'
They encored with a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71.
Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think they encored twice, but twenty encores would have been too few.
Use encore when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Encore means A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To play an encore.
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