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playback

/ˈpleɪˌbæk/

playback noun: the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.

Noun

playback (usually uncountable, plural playbacks)

  1. (usually) The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
  2. (nonstandard, usually, non-native speakers' English) Lip-syncing.

playback meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

playback in Hindi

प्लेबैक, प्लेबैक करें, प्लेब्याक

playback in Tamil

பிளேபேக்

playback in Marathi

प्लेबॅक, प्लेबॅक करा, प्लेब्याक

playback in Urdu

پلے بیک, پلے بیک کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
playback in Bengali
প্লেব্যাক, প্লেব্যাক করুন, প্লেব্যাক করা
playback in Telugu
ప్లేబ్యాక్, ప్లేబ్యాక్ చేయండి, ప్లేబాక్
playback in Malayalam
പ്ലേബാക്ക്, പ്ലേബാക്ക് ചെയ്യുക
playback in Kannada
ಪ್ಲೇಬ್ಯಾಕ್
playback in Punjabi
ਪਲੇਅਬੈਕ, ਪਲੇਅਬੈਕ ਕਰੋ, ਪਲੇਬੈਕ
playback in Gujarati
પ્લેબેક, પ્લેબેક કરો, પ્લેબ્યાક
playback in Odia
ପ୍ଲେବ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍, ପ୍ଲେବ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପ୍ଲେବ୍ଯାକ୍
playback in Nepali
प्लेब्याक
playback in Arabic
تَشْغِيل tašḡīl

Examples of playback in a sentence

  • User actions are recordable in a macro for playback at a later time.
  • Pressing the pause button will freeze the video playback.
  • Playback will freeze if you pause the video.

All 12 example sentences with playback

Forms of playback

pluralplaybacks

Plural of playback: playbacks

Origin of playback

From play + back. Sense 2 is from French playback, a pseudo-anglicism of this term.

Words formed from playback

Phrases with playback

Questions about playback

What does playback mean?
Playback means the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
What is playback in Hindi?
Playback in Hindi is प्लेबैक, प्लेबैक करें, प्लेब्याक. See Playback meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is playback?
Playback is a noun.
How do you pronounce playback?
Playback is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌbæk/.
What is the plural of playback?
The plural of playback is playbacks.

Words near playback in the dictionary

  1. playaround
  2. playarounds
  3. playas
  4. playathon
  5. playathons
  6. playback
  7. playback singer
  8. playback singers
  9. playbacks
  10. playball
  11. playballs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: playback (page history and authors); playback (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playback (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playback (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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