playout

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noun

The transmission of radio or television channels from the broadcaster into the networks that deliver them to the audience.

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Meanings

nounplayout (countable and uncountable, plural playouts)

plural playouts

  1. countableuncountablebroadcastingThe transmission of radio or television channels from the broadcaster into the networks that deliver them to the audience.
  2. Europecountableuncountablehobbies(also play-out) A relegation playoff; a game or short series of games needed to decide relegation.

    Cyprus and Kazakhstan have sent Estonia and Moldova down to League D following their UEFA Nations League play-out ties.

    2022 March 29, “Nations League play-outs: Cyprus oust Estonia, Kazakhstan edge out Moldova”, in UEFA Nations League

Origin

From play + out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

outplay
Cite this entry
APA

playout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playout

MLA

“playout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playout. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “playout,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/playout.

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