"playbook" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpleɪ.bʊk/, /ˈpleɪ.buːk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-playbook.wav [US] Forms: playbooks [plural]
enPR: plā'bo͝ok, plā'bo͞ok Etymology: play + book Etymology templates: {{compound|en|play|book}} play + book Head templates: {{en-noun}} playbook (plural playbooks)
  1. A book containing the text of a play or plays.
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  2. A book of games and amusements for children.
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  3. (US, American football) A book of strategies (plays) for use in American football (and by extension other sports or disciplines). Tags: US Categories (topical): Football (American), Directives
    Sense id: en-playbook-en-noun-WhKf6ZX0 Disambiguation of Directives: 4 14 55 26 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 18 58 20 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 10 69 16 Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  4. (US, figurative) A set of commonly employed tactics and strategies. Tags: US, figuratively
    Sense id: en-playbook-en-noun-L7AlJ-od Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rip a page out of someone's playbook, take a page out of someone's playbook

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