PlayStation
/ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/
PlayStation noun: a video game console of the PlayStation brand.
Noun (1)
PlayStation (plural PlayStations)
- A video game console of the PlayStation brand.
- His dad bought him a Playstation 5 yesterday.
- Back then, kids didn't have TV or video games, so I guess slaughtering your mom and dad was a bit like the Playstation^([sic]) of its day.2003, Cash Peters, Gullible's Travels: The Adventures of a Bad Taste Tourist, page 55
- The original PlayStation.
- Synonyms:
- PS
Verb
PlayStation (third-person singular simple present PlayStations, present participle PlayStationing, simple past and past participle PlayStationed)
- To play on the PlayStation video game console.
- Mark Bond, designer “25 years ago I was bouncing around on my Space-hopper, watching Thunderbirds and playing Kerplunk. 25 years later, I have just bought a Sacco bean-bag from Coexistence to sit on whilst Playstationing.^([sic])[…]”1999, Coexistence: Twenty-Five Years, [London?]: Blueprint, →ISBN, page 119
- Connectix does not claim to emulate all Sony games and even the ones it does accommodate won’t necessarily run smoothly or accurately, but with a fair-sized library of perfectly compatible games, CVGS does “broaden consumer choice,” as it purports to intend, and allows for PlayStationing at work...2000 May 15, Cox News Service, “PlayStation games can run on PC”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 123, number 232, Dayton, Oh.: Cox Ohio Publishing, →ISSN, page 2E
Noun (2) capitalized: Playstation
Playstation (plural Playstations)
- Misspelling of PlayStation.
PlayStation meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Persian
PlayStation in Hindi
- series of video game consoles
- प्लेस्टेशन plesṭeśan
PlayStation in Marathi
- series of video game consoles
- प्लेस्टेशन plesṭeśan
PlayStation in Urdu
- series of video game consoles
- پلے اسٹیشن ple isṭeśan
PlayStation in Persian
- series of video game consoles
- پلی استیشن plei esteishân
Examples of PlayStation in a sentence
- The Everlasting Treat Ball landed like the PlayStation of the pet products world back in 2004.2009, Michael Schaffer, One Nation Under Dog, page 150:
- He was obsessed with bullfighting, which was the PlayStation of the day, only considerably more dangerous; he was soon gored to death.2009, Paul Clammer, Alison Bing, Anthony Sattin, Paul Stiles, Lonely Planet Morocco, page 38:
- A boat was moored up at one: the fairy-lit waterline cabins looked impossibly cosy, the pigtailed daughter PlayStationing on the bridge painfully evocative.2001, Tim Moore, Continental Drifter: Taking the Low Road with the First Grand Tourist, London: Abacus, →ISBN, page 296:
- Do you fit much PlayStationing into your hectic schedule?2001 May, Chris Stead, “Mat Hoffman”, in Official NZ PlayStation Magazine, number 44, Auckland: ACP Publishing, →OCLC, page 82:
Synonyms of PlayStation
Forms of PlayStation
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | PlayStations |
| plural | Playstations |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | PlayStations |
| present participle | PlayStationing |
| past participle | PlayStationed |
| past | PlayStationed |
Origin of PlayStation
From play + station; coined by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Words formed from PlayStation
Words that rhyme with PlayStation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about PlayStation
- What does PlayStation mean?
- PlayStation means a video game console of the PlayStation brand.
- What is PlayStation in Hindi?
- PlayStation in Hindi is प्लेस्टेशन (plesṭeśan). See PlayStation meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use PlayStation in a sentence?
- The Everlasting Treat Ball landed like the PlayStation of the pet products world back in 2004.
- What part of speech is PlayStation?
- PlayStation can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce PlayStation?
- PlayStation is pronounced /ˈpleɪˌsteɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of PlayStation?
- The plural of PlayStation is PlayStations.
Words near PlayStation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: PlayStation (page history and authors); Playstation (page history and authors). 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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