play-by-play

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pley bahy pley]
- /pleɪ baɪ pleɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pley bahy pley]
- /pleɪ baɪ pleɪ/

Definitions of play-by-play word

adjective play-by-play pertaining to or being a detailed account of each incident or act of an event, as in sports: a play-by-play broadcast of a baseball game. 1
noun play-by-play a detailed and sequential description of a sports contest or other event, as by a sportscaster, usually as it is taking place. 1
singular noun play-by-play A play-by-play is a commentary on a sports game or other event that describes every part of it in great detail. 0
adjective play-by-play (of a sports commentary) reporting details of every phase of the match as its happens 0
adjective play-by-play recounting each play of a game or incident of a happening as it occurs or occurred 0
noun play-by-play such a recounting, as that broadcast on a TV or radio program 0

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Origin of play-by-play

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Play-by-play

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Play-by-play

play-by-play popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".