playlist
/ˈpleɪˌlɪst/
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Australia/ˈpɫæɪ̯ˌɫɪst/
playlist noun: a list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
Noun
playlist (plural playlists)
- A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
- A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.
- When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.1998, Judi N. Fernandez, WAVs, MIDIs & RealAudio: Enjoying Sound on Your Computer
- Strangers constructed playlists that pulled from artists and albums you’d never heard of, but without the performative high/low-ness that afflicts so much online music talk.2015 November 17, Robinson Meyer, “A Eulogy for Rdio”, in The Atlantic
- A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist.
Verb
playlist (third-person singular simple present playlists, present participle playlisting, simple past and past participle playlisted)
- To include (a track) on a playlist.
- She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.
- Suddenly they got a single playlisted at Radio 1 and the album went gold.2009, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 7
playlist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
playlist in Hindi
- playlist
- गीत माला gīt mālā
playlist in Tamil
- பிளேலிஸ்ட், பிளேலிஸ்ட் செய்தல்
playlist in Marathi
- प्लेलिस्ट, प्ले लिस्ट, प्ले लिस्टिंग
playlist in Urdu
- پلے لسٹ, پلے فہرست, پلے لسٹنگ
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- playlist in Bengali
- প্লেলিস্ট, প্লে-লিস্ট, প্লেলিস্ট করা
- playlist in Telugu
- ప్లేజాబితా, ప్లే జాబితా, ప్లేలిస్ట్
- playlist in Malayalam
- പ്ലേലിസ്റ്റ് plēlisṟṟŭ
- playlist in Kannada
- ಹಾಡುಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ, ಪ್ಲೇಪಟ್ಟಿ
- playlist in Punjabi
- ਪਲੇਅ ਲਿਸਟ, ਪਲੇਅ-ਲਿਸਟ, ਪਲੇਅ ਸੂਚੀ
- playlist in Gujarati
- પ્લેલિસ્ટ, પ્લે લિસ્ટિંગ, પ્લેલિસ્ટ કરવા માટે
- playlist in Odia
- ପ୍ଲେଲିସ୍ଟ, ପ୍ଲେ ତାଲିକା, ପ୍ଲେଲିସ୍ଟ୍
- playlist in Nepali
- प्लेलिस्ट, प्ले-लिस्ट, प्लेलिस्ट गर्न
- playlist in Arabic
- قَائِمَةُ التَّشْغِيلِ qāʔimatu t-tašḡīli
- playlist in Malay
- senarai main
- playlist in Indonesian
- daftar putar
Examples of playlist in a sentence
- I still went to those playlists for solace.2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
- No past, just traces / Nowhere to play, just playlists2021, “Skyline”, in Parallel World, performed by Cadence Weapon:
- When users would select the most immediately visible “dinner playlist” or ”workout mix,” they might have unknowingly clicked through to a list owned and operated by a major label.2025, Liz Pelly, Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria Books, →ISBN:
- And it's the story of how those problems then played out over the span of many years, as music became personalized, playlisted, autoplayed, and algorithmic.2025, Liz Pelly, “Introduction”, in Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, 1st edition, New York: Atria...
Forms of playlist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | playlists |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | playlists |
| present participle | playlisting |
| past participle | playlisted |
| past | playlisted |
Origin of playlist
From play + list.
Words formed from playlist
Words that rhyme with playlist
Questions about playlist
- What does playlist mean?
- Playlist means a list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
- What is playlist in Hindi?
- Playlist in Hindi is गीत माला (gīt mālā). See Playlist meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use playlist in a sentence?
- I still went to those playlists for solace.
- What part of speech is playlist?
- Playlist can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce playlist?
- Playlist is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌlɪst/.
- What is the plural of playlist?
- The plural of playlist is playlists.
Words near playlist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: playlist (page history and authors); गीत माला (Hindi) (page history and authors); playlist (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പ്ലേലിസ്റ്റ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); playlist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); playlist (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); playlist (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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