play back

play back
verb
reproduce (a recording) on a recorder (Freq. 1)
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The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent

Syn: ↑replay
Derivationally related forms: ↑replay (for: ↑replay), ↑playback
Hypernyms: ↑reproduce
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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intransitive verb
: to use back play in cricket
: to run through (a disc or tape) recently recorded

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play back
To play (a sound or video recording) that has just been made
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Main Entry:play

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ˌplay ˈback [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they play back he/she/it plays back present participle playing back past tense played back past participle played back] phrasal verb
to play a message or video that has been recorded in order to listen to or watch it

Play back the phone message.

Thesaurus: recording equipment and general words for recordinghyponym general words for machinery and equipmenthypernym
Main entry: play

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play back [phrasal verb]
play back (something) or play (something) back : to cause (recorded sounds or pictures) to be heard or seen

The machine allows you to record and play back sounds.

We finished recording our first take and played it back to hear how it sounded.

He played the tape back to/for us.

— see also playback
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Main Entry:play

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • play-back — [ plɛbak ] n. m. inv. • 1930; mot angl. « jeu en retour » ♦ Anglic. Interprétation ou diffusion mimée (par un acteur, un chanteur) d un enregistrement sonore antérieur. Chanter en play back. C est du play back (opposé à direct) . Recomm. offic.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Play-back — auch: Play|back 〈[plɛıbæ̣k] n. 15; Film, TV〉 1. nachträgliche Abstimmung der Bildstreifen mit der bereits vorliegenden Tonaufzeichnung 2. bei Livesendungen in Fernsehen u. Hörfunk angewandtes Verfahren, bei dem der Sänger zu dem durch Tonband… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Play-back — Play back, auch Play|back [ pleibæk] das; , s <aus engl. playback »das Abspielen, Wiedergabe« zu to play (vgl. ↑Play) u. back »zurück«>: a) nachträgliche Abstimmung der Bildaufnahme mit der bereits vorher isoliert vorgenommenen Tonaufnahme… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • Play-back — Play back, Play·back [ pleɪbɛk] das; ; nur Sg; eine Technik im Fernsehen, Radio o.Ä., bei der der Ton nicht vom Sänger produziert wird, sondern vom Tonband kommt || K : Play back Verfahren; Playbackverfahren …   Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • Play-back — auch: Play|back 〈[plɛıbæ̣k] n.; Gen.: , Pl.: s〉 1. nachträgliche Abstimmung der Bildstreifen mit der bereits vorliegenden Tonaufzeichnung 2. bei Livesendungen in Fernsehen u. Hörfunk angewandtes Verfahren, bei dem der Sänger zu dem durch Tonband… …   Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

  • play back — (something) to show a film or listen to a something recorded earlier. I m filming the race, so if we don t see it, we can always play back the videotape. Then you can edit the song on your computer and play it back …   New idioms dictionary

  • play-back — / pleibæk/, it. / plɛibek/ locuz. ingl. [comp. di (to ) play giocare, recitare e back di nuovo ], usata in ital. come s.m. (cinem., radiotel.) [sistema che consiste nel mandare in onda un brano registrato mentre il cantante ne simula l esecuzione …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • play|back — «PLAY BAK», noun. the replaying of a sound recording, especially a tape recording, or of a videotape, especially just after it has been made …   Useful english dictionary

  • play-back — |pleibéque| s. m. No cinema e na televisão, técnica inversa da dobragem, na qual o registro do som precede o da imagem.   ‣ Etimologia: palavra inglesa …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • play back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms play back : present tense I/you/we/they play back he/she/it plays back present participle playing back past tense played back past participle played back to play a message or video that has been recorded in… …   English dictionary

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