Meaning

(radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station..

Definitions by Sense

1. (radio) A list of recorded songs scheduled to be played on a radio station.
2. (computing) A list of tracks or videos to be played in a particular sequence, as from an audio CD or a streaming service.
3. A list of songs, prepared for a band or musical artist, to be performed during a concert; a setlist.
4. (transitive) To include (a track) on a playlist.

Example Sentences

When you collect a group of MIDIs into an album, you can play them much like a CD, with repeat mode, random mode, and a programmed playlist.

Strangers constructed playlists that pulled from artists and albums you’d never heard of, but without the performative high/low-ness that afflicts so much online music talk.

I hadn't spoken to her in a year, but she could still see my listens on the music platform we both used. I still went to those playlists for solace. A sense of collective understanding. We had stockpiled our youth.

No past, just traces / Nowhere to play, just playlists

When users would select the most immediately visible “dinner playlist” or ”workout mix,” they might have unknowingly clicked through to a list owned and operated by a major label.

She achieved success when her first single was playlisted on national radio.

Suddenly they got a single playlisted at Radio 1 and the album went gold.

And it's the story of how those problems then played out over the span of many years, as music became personalized, playlisted, autoplayed, and algorithmic.

Word Forms

• playlists
• playlisting
• playlisted

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When Should You Use Play list?

Use play list when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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