playing back
Listening to recordings
Playing back is reviewing recorded material—audio, video, or data—by running it through a device that reproduces it: She played back the voicemail to catch the phone number.
The phrase implies a second encounter with something already captured: Playing back the security footage revealed what happened.
- replicatingMaking exact copies
- reproducingCreating copies or offspring
- simulateImitate through modeling
- memory recallRetrieving stored information
- mimicOne who copies others
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