What does playbook mean?

Definitions for playbook
ˈpleɪˌbʊkplay·book

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. playbooknoun

    a notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)

  2. playbooknoun

    a book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays

    "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene"

  3. playbooknoun

    a scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign

    "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition"

Wiktionary

  1. playbooknoun

    A book containing the text of a play

  2. playbooknoun

    A book of games and amusements for children

  3. playbooknoun

    A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Playbooknoun

    Book of dramatick compositions.

    Etymology: play and book.

    Your’s was a match of common good liking, without any mixture of that ridiculous passion, which has no being but in playbooks and romances. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. playbook

    A playbook is a written set of plans or strategies that define the roles and responsibilities of each team member, establishes the goals and objectives to be achieved, and outlines the steps or procedures necessary to carry out tasks or operations. This term is often used in business and management, sports, politics, and the military. It essentially serves as a comprehensive guideline for the execution of complex activities or projects, providing a frame of reference for individuals to follow.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Playbooknoun

    a book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play

Wikidata

  1. Playbook

    Playbook is an X's and O's football show with an entertaining flair. Playbook goes into the NFL Films room to examine a head coach's game film. In its original format, it was a 30-minute program hosted every weeknight during the NFL season and playoffs. In its new format, it is a one-hour program on Thursday and Friday, each day centering on either the AFC or the NFC.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of playbook in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of playbook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of playbook in a Sentence

  1. Scott Kennedy:

    These actions are meant both to increase leverage in the current negotiations and as a deterrent to others, united States isn't going follow the standard playbook any longer because it has only emboldened China.

  2. President Biden:

    Too often, we treat what happens in our nation's capital like a sports game too -- wondering which team will score the most points with voters. Legislation becomes a football to keep away from the other side, and Americans get lost in the playbook, governing isn't a game.

  3. Alia Malak:

    This desperate and crude propaganda is straight out of apartheid South Africa's playbook.

  4. Kevin Bankston:

    It's horribly disappointing, but unsurprising, that law enforcement and intelligence officials would use the opportunity by the Paris attacks as an excuse to push for whatever new powers they were already asking for, it's a part of their playbook and it's how we ended up with the Patriot Act.

  5. Christopher Larimer:

    We have to see results Tuesday to see if Donald Trump has rewritten the playbook, if Ted Cruz wins, the' Full Grassley' still applies.

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