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# encore

«encore» in Mova's school dictionary: **An extra song or piece played at the end of a concert…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an encore, encores); exclamation (encore!); verb (encore — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An extra song or piece played at the end of a concert because the audience claps and asks for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#m1)

2) (exclamation) Encore! is shouted by an audience to ask for more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#m2)

3) (French) Encore means again or still in French; it is a French word used in English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#m3)

4) An encore can also be a repeat or celebration of something that people enjoyed, such as an anniversary event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In music and school concerts, the audience calls for an encore. In everyday talk, as an encore means as something extra after a success. In French lessons, encore une fois means one more time. Phrases: do an encore, for an encore.

### examples

- The crowd shouted Encore! and the band played one more song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x1)
- The choir sang a lullaby as an encore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x2)
- The magician's encore was the best trick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x3)
- In French, encore une fois means one more time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x4)
- For an encore, our team won the cup again the next year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x5)
- She bowed and came back for an encore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/#x6)

### note

Countable. Pronounced ON-kor in English. In French it means again or still, not necessarily a concert word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encore» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encore/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.