replay
part of speech
verb (replay, replays, replayed, replaying); noun (a replay, replays)
meaning for a pupil
1) To replay something means to play it again, such as a video, song or game. tree →
2) A replay is a recording shown again, especially of a moment in sport. tree →
3) A replay is a match that is played again because the first one was a draw or was stopped. tree →
4) To replay a memory means to keep thinking about it. tree →
sense in the lessons
Sport: an action replay shows a goal again in slow motion; in some cup competitions a drawn match goes to a replay. Technology: replay a video or audio. Stories: a character replays a scene in their mind. Phrases: action replay, slow-motion replay, replay the video, replay it in my head.
examples
- Let's replay the video to see the goal again. tree →
- The replay showed the ball was over the line. tree →
- The cup match ended in a draw, so there will be a replay. tree →
- I kept replaying the funny moment in my head. tree →
- Press replay to hear the song again. tree →
- Watch the slow-motion replay. tree →
note
Noun stress: RE-play; verb stress: re-PLAY. Past: replayed (y stays after a vowel). re- means again.
In the corpora
- Sleep helps the brain store what you learned, and rats that ran a maze replay the same brain pattern while they sleep.
- re- means again: redo, rewrite, replay.
- Noah blamed his teammates for every loss, until they watched the replay together: he had been knocked out first every single time.
- Replaying a failure can help you learn at first, but endless replays at night just keep the hurt fresh.
- Replays usually get less sharp over days and weeks, especially if you let them pass instead of fighting them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «replay» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.