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Definition

an extra or repeated performance — especially of music given in response to audience demand

The audience loved the performance and called for one encore after another.

encore = an extra or repeated performance — especially of music given in response to audience demand

The President has been very successful in his first term, but what will he do for an encore?
No return engagements. No encore.
Jay Asher -- Thirteen Reasons Why

encore = extra or repeated performance — especially of music given in response to audience demand

Scrawled there in Liz's block lettering is the last song before we leave for the inevitable encore.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
Theresa gave an encore; the family leaned over the rail like operagoers, glorying in the sound.
Gish Jen -- Typical American
Then laugh aloud, and cry encore!
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
" 'Jeune encore,' as the French say.
Charlotte Bronte -- Jane Eyre
As a valentine to the appreciative crowd, Ma and Ax encore with a selection from Mendelssohn's Song Without Words, then take their bows.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
The roar of applause came from thousands of shimmering purple ghosts, the Lares of Rome brought back for an encore performance.
Rick Riordan -- The Mark of Athena
Outside our door, a rock concert was demanding its encore: Amy!
Gillian Flynn -- Gone Girl
Revenez vers dix heures, encore mieux demain.
Leo Tolstoy -- Anna Karenina
He was standing again well dressed, smiling, good-natured, the recipient of encores for a good story.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
So don't ask for an encore."
Rick Riordan -- The Blood of Olympus
After this a gentleman sang a song called Bid me Good-bye, and as an encore obliged with Sing me to Sleep.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
"More, more!" said Lucy, when the duet had been encored.
George Eliot -- The Mill on the Floss
That's the end in the beginning and there's no encore.
Ralph Ellison -- Invisible Man
The audience demanded an encore.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
I felt prouder than you did when it was encored.
Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables
He turned his head gently back toward the stage, where an encore was being played.
Eudora Welty -- The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty
She received another enthusiastic encore.
Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

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