Definition of 'replay'

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replay

Word forms: replays, replaying, replayedpronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (ripleɪ ). The noun is pronounced (ripleɪ ).

1. transitive verb [usu passive]

If a game or match between two sports teams is replayed, the two teams play it again, because neither team won the first time, or because the game was stopped because of bad weather.

The game had to be replayed at the end of the season.

2. transitive verb

If you replay something that you have recorded on film or tape, you play it again in order to watch it or listen to it.

He stopped the machine and replayed the message.

Synonyms: play back, play again, listen to again More Synonyms of replay

3. transitive verb

If you replay an event in your mind, you think about it again and again.

She spends her nights lying in bed, replaying the fire in her mind.

Synonyms: go over, relive More Synonyms of replay

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replay in British English

noun (ˈriːˌpleɪ )

1. Also called: action replay television

a showing again of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens, either in slow motion (a slow-motion replay) or at normal speed

a rematch

verb (riːˈpleɪ )

3. (transitive)

to play again (a record, television sequence, sporting contest, etc)

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Presumably enabling you to see your pipes burst on action replay. Again replays showed he was wrong.Had they been, the incident would have been replayed time and again in slow motion and that must be stopped too.We watched the footage replayed again and again.His goal earned replay in round two.Watching replays of her victory run induced nervousness.So ban action replays and there would be no controversy.It is not known if the match will be replayed.How did she feel seeing that wave replayed on film?This list of awful things will be replayed time and again if none of them gets better.

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British English: replay /ˈriːˌpleɪ/ NOUN

A replay is a showing again of a sequence of action, esp of part of a sporting contest immediately after it happens.

If there has to be a replay we are confident of victory.

American English: replay /ˈripleɪ/
Arabic: يُعيدُ لَعِب
Brazilian Portuguese: replay
Chinese: 重放
Croatian: repriza
Czech: opakování záznamu ve sportovním přenosu
Danish: omspil
Dutch: herhaling
European Spanish: repetición
Finnish: uudelleen näyttö
French: reprise
German: Wiederholung
Greek: επανάληψη φάσης αγώνα
Italian: replay
Japanese: 再生
Korean: 다시보기
Norwegian: omspilling
Polish: powtórka
European Portuguese: repetir
Romanian: reluare
Russian: повтор
Spanish: repetición
Swedish: omspelning
Thai: การฉายซ้ำ
Turkish: yeniden gösterim
Ukrainian: повторне відтворення
Vietnamese: việc chiếu lại

British English: replay /ˌriːˈpleɪ/ VERB

If a match between two sports teams is replayed, the two teams play it again, because neither team won the first time, or because the match was stopped because of bad weather.

Drawn matches were replayed three or four days later.