PLAY BACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does play back mean? 

• PLAY BACK (verb)
  The verb PLAY BACK has 1 sense:

1. reproduce (a recording) on a recorder

  Familiarity information: PLAY BACK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLAY BACK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduce (a recording) on a recorder

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

play back; replay

Context example:

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

Hypernyms (to "play back" is one way to...):

reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

playback (the act of reproducing recorded sound)

playback (electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material)

 Context examples 

Presently he got one to suit; after a little play back and forward the bolt yielded, and, with a rusty clang, shot back.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)