REPLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does replay mean? 

• REPLAY (noun)
  The noun REPLAY has 2 senses:

1. something (especially a game) that is played again

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

  Familiarity information: REPLAY used as a noun is rare.

• REPLAY (verb)
  The verb REPLAY has 4 senses:

1. reproduce (a recording) on a recorder

2. play (a melody) again

3. repeat a game against the same opponent

4. play again

  Familiarity information: REPLAY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something (especially a game) that is played again

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

rematch; replay

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

action replay; instant replay; replay

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)

• REPLAY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they replay    ... he / she / it replays   
Past simple: replayed   
Past participle: replayed   
-ing form: replaying   

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 "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)

Sense 2

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 3

Meaning:

Repeat a game against the same opponent

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

Princeton replayed Harvard

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 4

Meaning:

Play again

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Context example:

replay a point

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)

 Context examples 

Spending time in a new setting will be simply divine, and later you will replay that trip in your mind like your favorite melody.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

These ripples occur when the brain of a resting mouse or human rapidly and repeatedly replays a recent memory of moving through a space, such as a maze or a house.

(Predicting Alzheimer's-like memory loss before it strikes, National Science Foundation)

Although a fast flyby, New Horizons' Pluto encounter on July 14, 2015, will not be a replay of Voyager but more of a sequel and a reboot, with a new and more technologically advanced spacecraft and, more importantly, a new cast of characters.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)