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A practice or rehearsal; especially, one that goes through all the motions of a physical process but without the raw material or workpiece present.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- They did a dry run of the demonstration before showing it to the CEO.
- When the dry run mode of a machine tool control is on, the machine can move rapidly because it is cutting only air, not metal. The operator can do a dry run and verify that the motions look correct.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dummy run
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: run, practice, rehearsal
a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he missed too many rehearsals
- a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rehearsal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation
Narrower terms: dress rehearsal, run-through, walk-through
From dry (“impotent; harmless”) + run. First attested in print in 1941, but apparently much older in spoken English.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
harjoitus
— practice; rehearsal
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Finnish:
kuivaharjoitus
— practice; rehearsal
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German:
Probelauf
— practice; rehearsal
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Hungarian:
próba
— practice; rehearsal
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Hungarian:
gyakorlás
— practice; rehearsal
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Hungarian:
gyakorlat
— practice; rehearsal
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Indonesian:
gladi
— practice; rehearsal
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Italian:
prove generali
— practice; rehearsal
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Russian:
про́бный прого́н
(próbnyj progón)
— practice; rehearsal
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Spanish:
ensayo
— practice; rehearsal
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Spanish:
simulacro
— practice; rehearsal
