playback

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noun

the act of reproducing a sound or video recording, especially in order to check a recording that is newly made.
(in a recording device) the apparatus used in producing playbacks.
the recording so played, especially the first time it is heard or viewed after being recorded.
the response to a suggestion, act, product, venture, etc.; feedback.
The playback on the speech has been very favorable.

playback

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noun

the act or process of reproducing a recording, esp on magnetic tape
the part of a tape recorder serving to reproduce or used for reproducing recorded material
(modifier) of or relating to the reproduction of signals from a recording
the playback head of a tape recorder

verb

to reproduce (recorded material) on (a magnetic tape) by means of a tape recorder

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Word History and Origins

Origin of playback¹

First recorded in 1925–30; noun use of verb phrase play back

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In 1948, Bing Crosby gave Paul his first mono Ampex recorder, to which Paul added a second playback head, which enabled him to record multiple tracks on the same reel of tape.

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Nancy: I don’t have a big, fat opinion about people who use playback — everybody kind of uses it these days — but I think what’s been missing in music is the authentic, real thing.

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Sell’s journey has become the source material for his popular “Turning Pro at 30” YouTube series, which features match playback, post-match analysis and behind-the-scenes footage.

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So on set for “All the Words but the One,” I actually didn’t watch a lot of playback.

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“To see someone flourish like Taylor has, it gives hope to the rest of us,” one young fan told me at a playback for Swift’s latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, in April.

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play a waiting game play back

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