playlist

noun

play·​list ˈplā-ˌlist How to pronounce playlist (audio)
: a list of recordings to be played on the air by a radio station
also : a similar list used for organizing a personal digital music collection

Examples of playlist in a Sentence

Most of the city's DJs have added the song to their playlists.
Recent Examples on the Web Fans also can purchase merchandise from more than a dozen performers, including headliners Eric Church, Miranda Lambert and Morgan Wallen, and listen to the official Stagecoach playlist at amazon.com/stagecoach. Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024 Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond. Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for playlist 

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Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of playlist was in 1972

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“Playlist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playlist. Accessed 5 May. 2024.

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