Play back meaning
Play back is a phrasal verb that means to use a device to reproduce recorded sound or video.
- Past simple
- played back
- Past participle
- played back
- -ing form
- playing back
What play back means
B2
To use a device to reproduce recorded sound or video
The officer played the recording back twice.
Similar phrasal verbs
With play: play on, play around, play at, play with, play along, play around with, play off, play someone/something off against someone/something, play out, play up.
With back: bring back, come back, get back, give back, put back, go back, take back, call back, come back to, go back on.
Common questions
What does play back mean?
To use a device to reproduce recorded sound or video.
What is the past tense of play back?
Played back, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
