{i} request by an audience for a repeat or additional performance; performance given in response to such a request
(French, meaning 'again') A call from the audience at a concert for an extra or repeated performance The word encore is also used to describe the music played in response to this call from an enthusiastic audience The French should 'bis' rather than 'encore'
"again"; an audience request that the performer(s) repeat a piece or perform another
An encore is a short extra performance at the end of a longer one, which an entertainer gives because the audience asks for it. Lang's final encore last night was `Barefoot'. an additional or repeated part of a performance, especially a musical one. said when you have enjoyed a musical performance very much and want the performer to sing or play more