rehearses
Prepares for performance
Rehearses means to practice or run through something before a formal performance or presentation.
Actors rehearse their lines, musicians rehearse pieces, speakers rehearse speeches.
The word extends to mental preparation: She rehearsed what she would say to him.
To rehearse can also mean to recount or enumerate: He rehearsed his grievances yet again.
Full practice of something
- drillHole-boring device
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- preparationArranging things in advance
workout · session · routine · polishing · coaching · blocking · staging · cue
Speak from memory
- memorizeFix in mind
- iterateRepeat a process cyclically
- repeatDo or say again
- reiterateSay something again
echo · drill · review · recitation · going over · running lines · committing · ingraining
run-through
Full practice of something
- drillHole-boring device
- practiceRepeated work toward mastery
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
preparation · workout · session · routine · polishing · coaching · blocking · staging · cue · timing
recite
Speak from memory
reiterate · echo · drill · review · recitation · going over · running lines · committing · ingraining · perfecting
rehearsesimprovises
Creates spontaneously, unrehearsed
ad-libs · wings it · extemporizes · freestyles · riffs
- dress rehearsalComplete practice performance
- wedding rehearsalPractice session before marriage
- rehearsal dinnerPre-nuptial meal for wedding party
- mental rehearsalPracticing something mentally
- band rehearsalMusical group's practice session
- choir rehearsalGroup vocal training session
rehearsal, rehearse, rehearsed, unrehearsed, rehearsing, rehearsals, rehearsers, rehearser