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🔂 To play again 📺 A video repeat 🔁 A rematch 🔁 To play again
to replay

to replay

9 3.1
To play a match again when the first result was not clear
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈpleɪ/
translation icon : repetir
  • The user can fail these levels and can replay them later if they have the resources.

Right now I'm replaying Mass Effect, which is a story about people are going to get bored.

Examples

  • The coaches want to replay the last quarter to analyze their strategies and improve for the next game.

  • I replay that match on Xbox.

    Next Goal Wins (2023)

  • After another emergency session, the Commissioner announced that the entire last game would be replayed in the interests of fairness.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • We decided to replay the final match after the referee's decision was contested.

  • After reviewing the controversial call, the team agreed to replay the championship game.

Compounds

instant replay
11 2.3

Short showing on TV of an action so viewers can see it again

action replay
3.4

A short video showing a recent play again, often during sports events

How Official

to rematch
4 3.5
to replay
9 3.1

Surface Forms

replay infinitive
replayed past
replayed past participle
replaying present participle
replays third person singular

Morphology

replay = play (transparent) = re + play

Adding 're-' to 'play' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'play again' for a game or match.

Etymology

Replay comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the familiar word play meaning 'to take part in a game'. So to replay a match is to play that game 'again', for example after a tie or a problem in the first game.