: an act or instance of reproducing recorded sound or pictures often immediately after recording
played back; playing back; plays back
: to perform a playback of (a usually recently recorded disc or tape)
Examples of playback in a Sentence
Noun
The band listened to a playback of their first recording.
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Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Every Sonos speaker, including soundbars, can be assigned rooms and grouped together to allow seamless playback between those rooms through the Sonos app.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 21 May 2024
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Noun
When playback and streaming on Paramount+ is added in over 35 days, the show is watched by more than 19 million people.
—Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
Every Sonos speaker, including soundbars, can be assigned rooms and grouped together to allow seamless playback between those rooms through the Sonos app.
—Will Greenwald, PCMAG, 21 May 2024
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“Playback.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playback. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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playback
1 of 2 noun
play·back
ˈplā-ˌbak 
: the action of reproducing recorded sound or pictures often immediately after recording
play back
2 of 2 verb(ˈ)plā-ˈbak
: to perform a playback of (a disc or tape)
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