verb (used with object)
- to play again, as a record or tape.
noun
- an act or instance of replaying.
- a repetition of all or part of a broadcast or of the playing of a phonograph record, videocassette, etc.
- instant replay.
- a rematch.
- Informal. a repetition, recurrence, or reenactment: The recession could be a replay of the Great Depression.
noun (ˈriːˌpleɪ)
- 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)
- to play again (a record, television sequence, sporting contest, etc)
1862, in sporting jargon, from re- “again” + play (v.). Of recordings, attested from 1917. Related: Replayed; replaying. The noun is from 1895, “a replayed match” (in sports).