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PLAYBOOK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign
Example:
they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("playbook" is a kind of...):
scheme; strategy (an elaborate and systematic plan of action)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays
Example:
the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("playbook" is a kind of...):
book (a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("playbook" is a kind of...):
notebook (a book with blank pages for recording notes or memoranda)