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playbook

[ pley-book ]
/ ˈpleɪˌbʊk /
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noun

(in Elizabethan drama) the script of a play, used by the actors as an acting text.
a book containing the scripts of one or more plays.
Football. a notebook containing descriptions of all the plays and strategies used by a team, often accompanied by diagrams, issued to players for them to study and memorize before the season begins.
Informal. any plan or set of strategies, as for outlining a campaign in business or politics.

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Origin of playbook

First recorded in 1525–35; play + book

Words nearby playbook

play a waiting game, playback, playback head, play ball, playbill, playbook, play both ends against the middle, playboy, playbroker, play by ear, play-by-play
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Words related to playbook

dialogue, scenario, manuscript, text, book, article, copy, libretto, words, typescript, lines

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British Dictionary definitions for playbook

playbook
/ (ˈpleɪˌbʊk) /

noun

a book containing a range of possible set plays
a notional range of possible tactics in any sphere of activity
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