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playbook

playbook

52 4.3
A set of planned actions used to succeed in business or politics
  • noun
  • /ˈpleɪbʊk/
: plan de acción
  • For a team with no coaching changes, the playbook may not change much from year to year.

Like can you open up your playbook for attracting listings?

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Examples

  • One can, rather than face the problems the new playbook presents, retreat to the comfort of the old playbook.

    Blog text (4)
  • The business manager presented a new playbook designed to enhance team collaboration and productivity.

  • I have been running your playbook for seven to eight years.

  • And you can use this playbook for anything.

  • OK, so this leads to a concept we call one playbook per project.

  • Is there sort of a playbook for the ways in which you respond?

  • Now, I've given you parts of a playbook that I want you to follow.

  • So let's take let's take a page out of Miss Kondo's playbook and think this through.

  • The Obama administration should begin by taking a page from China's playbook.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Successful politicians often rely on their playbook of strategies to navigate complex campaign challenges.

Synonyms

strategy
vsplaybook
∞ 3.7

A plan to reach a goal, often used in business or games

is a collection of planned actions and methods used to secure success
game plan
vsplaybook
71 3.7

A set of actions that helps a team or person reach a goal

is broader covering many plans and actions across competitive arenas
battle plan
vsplaybook
  • Specialized
12 3.6

A plan for fighting that shows who will do what, where, and when

applies to competitive fields like business or politics instead of war
tactics
vsplaybook
4 3.5

Planned short actions used to reach a specific goal

groups those actions into an overall set of plans for success

Compounds

A plan of ways to guide business talks and reach agreement

How Strategic

strategy
∞ 3.7
playbook
52 4.3
blueprint
72 3.9
plan
∞ 1.0
idea
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

playbook singular
playbooks plural

Morphology

playbook = play + book (semi-transparent) = play + book

Metaphorical extension from the sports sense to business/political strategies; components indicate a collection of 'plays' but pragmatic connotations are figurative.

Etymology

Playbook for business or politics borrows the sports idea: play ('a planned move') plus book ('a collection') gives a set of ready strategies to copy or follow, so to use a playbook is to follow a tested plan.