playback

[ US /ˈpɫeɪˌbæk/ ]
[ UK /plˈe‍ɪbæk/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of reproducing recorded sound
    he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony
  2. electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material
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How To Use playback In A Sentence

  • Your camcorder should have these basic features: autofocus, playback facility, zoom lens.
  • We liked the ability to use the mouse and move a slider bar to speed up a ‘slow talker’ or slow down the playback of someone talking too fast.
  • We managed 33 hours of music playback from a charge. Times, Sunday Times
  • A TV playback showed exactly what had happened.
  • So what I've been doing all along at lunchtime is unplugging the 3 different cables (power, DSL, keyboard/mouse adapter) from the back of the laptop and carting it up the hall to the kitchen for podcast playback while preparing and munching a sandwich. Bluetooth headset for podcast listening convenience
  • I knew that they did not respond to the alarm call playbacks, so I had to come up with something more enticing. The Elephant's Secret Sense
  • No movie playback and no remote control. Times, Sunday Times
  • The display doesn't match the resolution of the iPhone but movie playback looks great here. The Sun
  • During DVD playback, all sounds were where they should have been, and all at normal volumes.
  • The movies are musicals, but the actors don't sing; they lip-synch to songs previously recorded by playback singers.
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