action replay
- noun
- /ˈækʃən rɪˈpleɪ/
:
repetición de acción
- Fans cheered when the action replay showed their team scoring a last-minute goal.
Examples
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There had been no action replay of the mile-high coupling, but she was counting on the advertising figures and the new celebrity.
Fiction book (1990) -
The action replay brought the house down.
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Oh, no, I'd have to do Action Replay on the time there.
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I do use action replay, but I don't use it to cheat my way through gyms or level up quickly; usually, I use it to get Pokémon that I could never normally get, like Mew, since Mew.
Blog text (3) -
The referee reviewed the action replay to determine if the goal was valid.
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After the exciting play, the commentator said, 'Let's take a look at the action replay!'
Synonyms
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2.6
A showing of a recorded action on TV in slow motion to check it
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2.3
Short showing on TV of an action so viewers can see it again
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'action' (the event or play) combined with 'replay' (playing something again) yields 'a replay of the action' — an immediate rebroadcast of a recent event. This follows normal noun+noun composition and is common in sports/broadcasting contexts and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Action replay comes from TV sports: the action, the play on the field, is shown again as a replay, so viewers can 'see it again' and check what happened.