Definitions for replayriˈpleɪ; ˈriˌpleɪ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

re•playriˈpleɪ; ˈriˌpleɪ(v.; n.; v.t.)

  1. to play again, as a record or tape.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Hi-Fi and Audio, Showbiz

  2. (n.)an act or instance of replaying.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

  3. a repetition of all or part of a broadcast or of the playing of a videocassette, etc.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Hi-Fi and Audio, Showbiz

  4. Category: Common Vocabulary, Showbiz

    Ref: instant replay.

  5. a repetition or recurrence.

    Category: Informal

Origin of replay:

1880–85

Princeton's WordNet

  1. replay, rematch(noun)

    something (especially a game) that is played again

  2. replay, instant replay, action replay(verb)

    the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape

  3. play back, replay(verb)

    reproduce (a recording) on a recorder

    "The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent"

  4. replay(verb)

    play (a melody) again

  5. replay(verb)

    repeat a game against the same opponent

    "Princeton replayed Harvard"

  6. replay(verb)

    play again

    "We replayed the game"; "replay a point"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. replay(noun)ˈpleɪ; n. ˈriˌpleɪ

    when part of a sports game is shown again

    Are they going to show a replay of the goal?; They replayed the home run several times.

Wiktionary

  1. replay(Noun)

    the replaying of (something), for example of televised footage.

    Show us that replay one more time.

  2. replay(Verb)

    to play again

  3. replay(Verb)

    to display a recording of a previous event, especially multiple times


Translations for replay

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

replay(verb)

a replayed football match etc.

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