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REPLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
Synonyms:
action replay; instant replay; replay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("replay" is a kind of...):
repeating; repetition (the act of doing or performing again)
Domain category:
telecasting; television; TV; video (broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects)
Derivation:
replay (reproduce (a recording) on a recorder)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Something (especially a game) that is played again
Synonyms:
rematch; replay
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("replay" is a kind of...):
repeat; repetition (an event that repeats)
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Derivation:
replay (play again)
replay (repeat a game against the same opponent)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they replay ... he / she / it replays
Past simple: replayed
Past participle: replayed
-ing form: replaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play again
Example:
replay a point
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "replay" is one way to...):
play (participate in games or sport)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
replay (something (especially a game) that is played again)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Repeat a game against the same opponent
Example:
Princeton replayed Harvard
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "replay" is one way to...):
encounter; meet; play; take on (contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
replay (something (especially a game) that is played again)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Play (a melody) again
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "replay" is one way to...):
play; spiel (replay (as a melody))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
They will replay the duet
Sense 4
Meaning:
Reproduce (a recording) on a recorder
Example:
The lawyers played back the conversation to show that their client was innocent
Synonyms:
play back; replay
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "replay" is one way to...):
reproduce (make a copy or equivalent of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
replay (the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape)
