"dress rehearsal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dress rehearsals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dress rehearsal (plural dress rehearsals)
  1. (theater) A rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume, in order to test all aspects of the production by closely reproducing the actual conditions of a performance. Categories (topical): Theater Translations (rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume): 綵排 (Chinese Mandarin), 彩排 (cǎipái) (Chinese Mandarin), generální zkouška [feminine] (Czech), generálka [feminine, informal] (Czech), generalprøve [common-gender] (Danish), generale repetitie [feminine] (Dutch), aðalroynd [feminine] (Faroese), kenraali (Finnish), kenraaliharjoitus (english: if only one) (Finnish), pukuharjoitus (Finnish), répétition générale [feminine] (French), Generalprobe [feminine] (German), Hauptprobe [feminine] (German), főpróba (Hungarian), aðalæfing [feminine] (Icelandic), whakaharatau whanotū (Maori), generalprøve [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), generalprøve (Norwegian Bokmål), generalprøve (Norwegian Nynorsk), próba generalna [feminine] (Polish), ensaio geral [masculine] (Portuguese), генера́льная репети́ция (generálʹnaja repetícija) [feminine] (Russian), ensayo general [masculine] (Spanish), generalrepetition [common-gender] (Swedish), genrep [neuter] (Swedish), генеральна репетиція (heneralʹna repetycija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-dress_rehearsal-en-noun-8~h8u6B0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 6 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater Disambiguation of 'rehearsal prior to a public spectacle, where all the performers are in costume': 85 11 4
  2. The final rehearsal before a performance, whether or not costumes or performance dress are worn. Hyponyms: wet dress rehearsal Translations (final rehearsal): kenraaliharjoitus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dress_rehearsal-en-noun-vXXVrXNK Disambiguation of 'final rehearsal': 24 75 1
  3. (by extension) Any complex activity that serves to prepare for a more important iteration of it later. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-dress_rehearsal-en-noun-WtK6tVF2

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