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DRY RUN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
Example:
a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding
Synonyms:
dry run; rehearsal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dry run" is a kind of...):
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)
Domain category:
concert (a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dry run"):
dress rehearsal (a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance)
run-through (an uninterrupted rehearsal)
walk-through (a first perfunctory rehearsal of a theatrical production in which actors read their lines from the script and move as directed)
