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rehearsal for vs rehearsal of

Both "rehearsal for" and "rehearsal of" are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in different contexts. "Rehearsal for" is used when referring to the purpose or goal of the rehearsal, while "rehearsal of" is used when talking about the content or subject of the rehearsal.

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rehearsal for

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "rehearsal for" when indicating the purpose or goal of the rehearsal.

Examples:

They had a rehearsal for the school play.
She is in rehearsal for the upcoming dance performance.

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We were at a rehearsal for the Carnival concert.
Barney and Robin were wrapping up rehearsal for their first dance.
Failure teaches us that life is but a draft, a long rehearsal for a show that will never play.
That meeting with the priest from Torcy was like a rehearsal for those I was to have very shortly with my superiors.
It could be said to have been a rehearsal for institutional cooperation in light of the new role the European Parliament will play once the Reform Treaty has been adopted.
It'll be a rehearsal for our honeymoon.
Barney and Robin were wrapping up rehearsal for their first dance.
There's a rehearsal for the mother-daughter banquet.
D.B., tonight is the dress rehearsal for the rest of your fatherly life.
We had a dress rehearsal for a hospital holiday pageant.
I have to do rehearsal for the drama.
We're doing this rehearsal for this Freddie Hubbard tribute.
Some rehearsal for some charity tomorrow.
It was only a... a dress rehearsal for paradise.
The rehearsal for my death wasn't like that.
The Lahti Summit was a kind of rehearsal for that.
Phil, we've been in rehearsal for five days.
I'm sorry, Burt. I know I missed rehearsal for the telethon.
Dress rehearsal for the opera today?
Maybe because we do not want to go around like a dress rehearsal for Glee.

Alternatives:

practice for
preparation for
training for
getting ready for
run-through for

rehearsal of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use "rehearsal of" when referring to the content or subject of the rehearsal.

Examples:

The rehearsal of the new song went well.
They are in rehearsal of the Shakespearean play.

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You know, I always wanted to see a rehearsal of an opera.
There's a rehearsal of the launch this morning.
This is the dress rehearsal of The Dog That Couldn't Bark.
This is a complete rehearsal of the capsule's ascent to 125,000ft.
Welcome to the first rehearsal of the disco-pop masterpiece
Too soon! Naught to fear, my mothers, it is merely a rehearsal of what's to come.
He talked about a rehearsal of Brahms' Violin Concerto with Isaac Stern.
But, on the other hand, there is a lack of realism: in an earlier reference in paragraph 5(ix) we have the usual rehearsal of left-wing objections to the activities of speculators.
We are attending yet another rehearsal of the basic tenets of the neo-liberal policy which has been pursued during the Portuguese Presidency.

Alternatives:

practice of
preparation of
training of
run-through of
going over

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