Playbook (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A scheme or set of strategies for conducting a business campaign or a political campaign; "they borrowed a page from the playbook of the opposition".

Classification

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.

Examples

• The company's marketing team studied the playbook of their main competitor to learn from their successful tactics.
• The politician's team relied heavily on the playbook of her predecessor, who had won the same election four years prior.
• The new CEO threw out the old playbook and introduced a fresh set of strategies to turn the company around.
• By studying the playbook of successful entrepreneurs, the startup founder was able to avoid common pitfalls and find success.
• The campaign manager warned the candidate not to fall into the trap of following the same playbook as the previous losing candidate.

Hypernyms

• Strategy

Meaning ²

A book containing the scripts of one or more dramatic plays; "the 1963 playbook leaves out the whole first scene".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

• The director carefully reviewed the playbook for the upcoming theater production, making notes on each character's dialogue and stage directions.
• The team had rehearsed the entire playbook, but opening night jitters still caused some fumbles on stage.
• The playwright's revised playbook was finally published after years of reworking the script.
• In the dusty archives of the old theater company, she found an original 1950s playbook filled with famous signatures and comments.
• According to the company's standard playbook, this is how it was supposed to be performed - but the innovative new director opted to take risks and rewrite the ending.

Meaning ³

A notebook containing descriptions and diagrams of the plays that a team has practiced (especially an American football team).

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

• The quarterback studied the playbook every night to make sure he knew every play by heart.
• The coach spent hours with the team going over the playbook, making sure everyone knew their assignments.
• The new player was given a copy of the playbook on his first day of practice and told to memorize it by the end of the week.
• The team's playbook was so complex that it took weeks for the rookies to learn all the plays.
• The coach made sure to update the playbook every week to reflect the team's progress and to add new plays to keep their opponents guessing.