VERB | competition | play | participate in games / games or sport |
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social | play | act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome | |
creation | play | play on an instrument | |
creation | play, act, represent | play a role or part | |
social | play | be at play | |
creation | play, spiel | replay (as a melody) | |
creation | play | perform music on (a musical instrument) | |
body | play, act, act as | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind | |
motion | play | move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly | |
competition | play | bet or wager (money) | |
social | play, recreate | engage in recreational activities rather than work | |
creation | play | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game / game or playful activity | |
creation | play | emit recorded sound | |
creation | play | perform on a certain location | |
competition | play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game / game / game, or act strategically as if in a card game | |
body | play, toy | engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously | |
social | play | behave in a certain way | |
creation | play, run | cause to emit recorded audio or video | |
contact | play, toy, fiddle, diddle | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination | |
consumption | play | use to one's advantage | |
cognition | play, dally, trifle | consider not very seriously | |
stative | play | be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way | |
social | play, dally, toy, flirt | behave carelessly or indifferently | |
motion | play | cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space | |
creation | play, act, roleplay, playact | perform on a stage or theater | |
creation | play | be performed or presented for public viewing | |
creation | play, bring, work, wreak, make for | cause to happen / happen or to occur as a consequence | |
contact | play | discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream | |
competition | play | make bets | |
competition | play, bet, wager | stake on the outcome of an issue | |
competition | play | shoot or hit in a particular manner | |
competition | play | use or move | |
competition | play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position | |
competition | play, meet, encounter, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle | |
body | play | exhaust by allowing to pull on the line | |
NOUN | communication | play, drama, dramatic play | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
communication | play | a theatrical performance of a drama / drama | |
act | play | a preset plan of action in team sports | |
act | play, maneuver, manoeuvre | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill | |
state | play | a state in which action is feasible | |
act | play | utilization or exercise | |
act | play, bid | an attempt to get something | |
act | play, child's play | activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules | |
time | play, playing period, period of play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds | |
state | play, free rein | the removal of constraints / constraints | |
event | play, shimmer | a weak and tremulous light | |
communication | play, fun, sport | verbal / verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) | |
attribute | play, looseness | movement or space for movement | |
act | play, frolic, romp, gambol, caper | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | |
act | play, turn | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession / succession | |
act | play, gambling, gaming | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) | |
act | play, swordplay | the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully |
Sounds | pley' | |
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Rhymes | AAA ... waylay: 40 rhymes with ley... |
Meaning | A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage. | |
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Example | "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" | |
Synonyms | drama, dramatic play | |
Category | drama | The literary genre of works intended for the theater |
Parts | act | A subdivision of a play or opera or ballet |
stage direction | An instruction written as part of the script of a play | |
Narrower | Grand Guignol | A play of a macabre or horrific nature |
Passion play | A play representing the Passion of Christ | |
miracle play | A medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr / martyr | |
morality play | An allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries | |
mystery play | A medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ | |
playlet | A short / short play | |
satyr play | An ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs | |
theater of the absurd | Plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless | |
Broader | dramatic composition, dramatic work | A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. |
Spanish | drama, obra teatral | |
Catalan | drama | |
Nouns | playlet | a short / short play |
Verbs | play | play a role or part |
play | perform on a certain location | |
play | be performed or presented for public viewing | |
play | perform on a stage or theater |
Meaning | A theatrical performance of a drama / drama. | |
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Example | "the play lasted two hours" | |
Narrower | curtain raiser | A short / short play presented before the main play |
musical, musical comedy, musical theater | A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing | |
Broader | show | A social event involving a public performance or entertainment |
Spanish | obra | |
Catalan | obra | |
Nouns | playlet | a short / short play |
Verbs | play | play a role or part |
play | perform on a certain location | |
play | be performed or presented for public viewing | |
play | perform on a stage or theater |
Meaning | A preset plan of action in team sports. | |
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Example | "the coach drew up the plays for her team" | |
Narrower | basketball play | A play executed by a basketball team |
football play | (American football) a play by the offensive team | |
knock on | (rugby) knocking the ball forward while trying to catch it (a foul) | |
power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties | |
razzle-dazzle, razzle, razzmatazz, razmataz | Any exciting and complex play intended to confuse (dazzle / dazzle) the opponent | |
Broader | plan of action | A plan for actively doing something |
Spanish | jugada | |
Catalan | jugada, plan | |
Verbs | play | participate in games / games or sport |
play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position | |
play | use or move |
Meaning | A state in which action is feasible. | |
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Examples |
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Broader | action, activity, activeness | The state of being active |
Spanish | juego | |
Verbs | play | act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome |
Meaning | utilization or exercise. | |
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Example | "the play of the imagination" | |
Broader | use, usage, utilization, utilisation, employment, exercise | The act of using |
Spanish | obra | |
Verbs | play | act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome |
Meaning | An attempt to get something. | |
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Example | "they made a futile play for power" | |
Synonym | bid | |
Broader | attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try | earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish / accomplish something |
Meaning | Activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules. | |
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Example | "Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child" | |
Synonym | child's play | |
Narrower | doctor | children take the roles of physician or patient or nurse and pretend they are at the physician's office |
fireman | Play in which children pretend to put out a fire | |
house | Play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults | |
Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
Spanish | juego de niños | |
Catalan | joc de nens | |
Verbs | play | be at play |
Meaning | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds. | |
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Example | "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" | |
Synonyms | playing period, period of play | |
Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
Part of | athletic game | A game / game involving athletic activity |
Parts | chukker, chukka | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided |
final period | The final division into which the play of a game is divided | |
first period | The first division into which the play of a game is divided | |
half | One of two divisions into which some games / games or performances are divided | |
inning, frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat | |
over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch | |
period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games | |
quarter | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games / games are divided | |
second period | The second division into which the play of a game is divided | |
turn, bout, round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive | |
Narrower | hole, golf hole | One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course |
set | A unit of play in tennis or squash | |
Broader | measure, quantity, amount | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
Verbs | play | participate in games / games or sport |
play | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
Meaning | The removal of constraints / constraints. | |
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Example | "they gave full play to the artist's talent" | |
Synonym | free rein | |
Broader | freedom | The condition of being free |
Meaning | A weak and tremulous light. | |
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Example | "the play of light on the water" | |
Synonym | shimmer | |
Broader | change, alteration, modification | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another |
Spanish | reflejo, reverbero | |
Catalan | reflex | |
Verbs | play | move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly |
Meaning | verbal / verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously). | |
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Synonyms | fun, sport | |
Narrower | drollery, clowning, comedy, funniness | A comic incident or series of incidents |
jocosity, jocularity | fun characterized by humor | |
pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia | A humorous play on words | |
waggery, waggishness | waggish behavior | |
Broader | wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness | A message whose ingenuity / ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter |
Spanish | cachondeo, coña, guasa | |
Catalan | befa, broma, conya |
Meaning | movement or space for movement. | |
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Example | "there was too much play in the steering wheel" | |
Synonym | looseness | |
Narrower | slack, slackness | The quality of being loose (not taut) |
wiggliness | A jerky back and forth kind of mobility | |
Broader | movability, movableness | The quality of being movable / movable |
Opposite | tightness, tautness | lack of movement or room for movement |
Spanish | amplitud, holgura, soltura | |
Catalan | amplitud, deseiximent, folga, folgança, soltesa | |
Verbs | play | cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space |
Meaning | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement. | |
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Example | "it was all done in play" | |
Synonyms | frolic, romp, gambol, caper | |
Narrower | flirt, flirting, flirtation, coquetry, dalliance, toying | playful behavior intended to arouse sexual interest |
folly, foolery, tomfoolery, craziness, lunacy, indulgence | foolish or senseless behavior | |
game | frivolous or trifling behavior | |
horseplay | rowdy or boisterous play | |
teasing | playful vexation | |
word play | Playing on words or speech sounds | |
Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
Spanish | retozar, retozo, travesura | |
Catalan | entremaliadura | |
Verbs | play | engage in recreational activities rather than work |
play | be at play |
Meaning | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession / succession. | |
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Example | "it is still my play" | |
Synonym | turn | |
Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
Narrower | attack | An offensive move in a sport or game / game / game |
bat, at-bat | (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit | |
down | (American football) a complete play to advance the football | |
innings | The batting turn of a cricket player or team | |
lead | The playing of a card to start a trick in bridge | |
move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game | |
ruff, trumping | (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | |
start, starting | A turn to be a starter (in a game / game / game at the beginning) | |
trick | (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players | |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Catalan | torn |
Meaning | The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize). | |
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Example | "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" | |
Synonyms | gambling, gaming | |
Narrower | bet, wager | The act of gambling |
game of chance, gambling game | A game / game that involves gambling | |
sporting life | active interest in gambling on sports events | |
throw | Casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly | |
Broader | diversion, recreation | An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates / stimulates |
vice | A specific form of evildoing | |
Spanish | apuesta, juego | |
Catalan | aposta, joc d'aposta, joc | |
Verbs | play | bet or wager (money) |
play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game / game / game, or act strategically as if in a card game | |
play | make bets | |
play | stake on the outcome of an issue |
Meaning | The act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully. | |
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Synonym | swordplay | |
Narrower | fencing | The art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules) |
Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
Meaning | participate in games / games or sport. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Entailed by | move, go | Have a turn |
tie, draw | Finish a game / game / game with an equal number of points, goals, etc. | |
Narrower | ace | Play (a hole) in one stroke |
backstop | act as a backstop | |
bandy | toss or strike a ball back and forth | |
bid, call | make a demand, as for a card or a suit or a show of hands | |
bowl | Engage in the sport of bowling | |
catch | Be the catcher | |
complete, nail | complete a pass | |
cradle | Run with the stick | |
cricket | Play cricket | |
croquet | Play a game / game in which players hit a wooden ball through a series of hoops | |
curl | Play the Scottish game / game of curling | |
develop | Move into a strategically more advantageous position | |
develop | Move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions | |
die | To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player | |
exit | Lose the lead | |
face off, bully off | start a game / game / game by a face-off | |
field | Play as a fielder / fielder | |
foul | commit a foul | |
fullback | Play the fullback | |
fumble | Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder | |
gamble | Play games / games for money | |
golf | Play golf | |
line up | Take one's position before a kick-off | |
misplay | Play wrong or in an unskillful manner | |
play out | Play to a finish | |
put out | Retire | |
putt | hit a putt | |
quarterback | Play the quarterback | |
replay | Play again | |
revoke | fail to follow suit when able and required to do so | |
snooker | Leave one's opponent unable to take a direct shot | |
start | Play in the starting lineup | |
tee off | strike a ball from the teeing ground at the start of a hole | |
teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw | ride on a plank | |
unblock | Play the cards of (a suit) so that the last trick on which a hand can follow suit will be taken by a higher card in the hand of a partner who has the remaining cards of a combined holding | |
volley | make a volley | |
walk | Give a base on balls to | |
Broader | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
See also | play out | play to a finish |
Similar to | meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
Spanish | jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, tocar | |
Participle | played | (of games / games / games) engaged in |
Nouns | play | a preset plan of action in team sports |
play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds | |
player | a person who participates in or is skilled at some game / game | |
playing | the action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
Meaning | Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Similar to | play | Behave in a certain way |
Nouns | play | utilization or exercise |
play | a state in which action is feasible |
Meaning | Play on an instrument. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
Model | Sam and Sue play | |
Example | "The band played all night long" | |
Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
Narrower | bow | Play on a string instrument with a bow |
busk | Play music in a public place and solicit money for it | |
play along, accompany, follow | Perform an accompaniment to | |
sound off, strike up | start playing | |
swing | Play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm | |
symphonize, symphonise | Play or sound together, in harmony / harmony | |
Broader | perform | Give a performance (of something) |
Similar to | play, spiel | replay (as a melody) |
play | Perform music on (a musical instrument) | |
Spanish | jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, representar, tocar | |
Nouns | player | someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) |
playing | the act of playing a musical instrument |
Meaning | Play a role or part. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | act, represent | |
Category | performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance |
Entailed by | enter | Come on stage |
Narrower | act out | represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage |
emote | Give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role | |
enact, reenact, act out | act out | |
impersonate, portray | assume or act the character of | |
make, pretend, make believe | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like | |
parody | make a spoof of or make fun of | |
support | Play a subordinate role to (another performer) | |
Broader | re-create | create anew |
Similar to | act, play, act as | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind |
act, play, roleplay, playact | Perform on a stage or theater | |
play | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game / game or playful activity | |
Spanish | interpretar, jugar, representar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, representar, tocar | |
Nouns | play | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
play | a theatrical performance of a drama / drama | |
player | a theatrical performer | |
playing | the performance of a part or role in a drama |
Meaning | Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Examples |
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Narrower | dabble, paddle, splash around | Play in or as if in water, as of small children |
frolic, lark, rollick, skylark, disport, sport, cavort, gambol, frisk, romp, run around, lark about | Play boisterously | |
horse around, arse around, fool around, fool | indulge in horseplay | |
roughhouse | Engage in rough or disorderly play | |
Broader | act | Be engaged in an activity, often for no particular purpose other than pleasure |
Similar to | play, recreate | Engage in recreational activities rather than work |
Spanish | jugar | |
Catalan | jugar | |
Nouns | play | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement |
play | activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules | |
playing | the action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
Meaning | replay (as a melody). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | They will play the duet | |
Examples |
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Synonym | spiel | |
Entailed by | pedal | operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument |
Narrower | bang out | Play loudly |
bugle | Play on a bugle | |
fiddle | Play on a violin | |
jazz | Play something in the style of jazz | |
misplay | Play incorrectly, e.g., play a wrong note | |
modulate | change the key of, in music | |
prelude | Play as a prelude | |
rag | Play in ragtime | |
replay | Play (a melody) again | |
reprise, reprize, repeat, recapitulate | repeat an earlier theme of a composition | |
riff | Play riffs | |
slur | Play smoothly or legato | |
tongue | articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments | |
Broader | re-create | create anew |
Similar to | play | Play on an instrument |
Spanish | ejecutar, hablar largamente, interpretar, jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | executar, interpretar, jugar, tocar | |
Nouns | playing | the act of playing a musical instrument |
Meaning | Perform music on (a musical instrument). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
Narrower | beat | produce a rhythm by striking repeatedly |
chord | Play chords on (a string instrument) | |
clarion | blow the clarion | |
drum | Play a percussion instrument | |
fiddle | Play the violin or fiddle | |
harp | Play the harp | |
pipe | Play on a pipe | |
register | manipulate the registers of an organ | |
skirl | Play the bagpipes | |
trumpet | Play or blow on the trumpet | |
tweedle | Play negligently on a musical instrument | |
Broader | sound | Cause to sound |
Similar to | play | Play on an instrument |
Spanish | aprovecharse de, jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, representar, tocar | |
Nouns | playing | the act of playing a musical instrument |
Meaning | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "She plays deaf when the news are bad" | |
Synonyms | act, act as | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Similar to | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
act, play, represent | Play a role or part | |
Spanish | comportarse, hacer ver, simular | |
Catalan | fer veure, portar-se, simular |
Meaning | Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly. | |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
Example | "The spotlights played on the politicians" | |
Broader | travel, go, move, locomote | change location |
Spanish | jugar | |
Nouns | play | a weak and tremulous light |
Meaning | bet or wager (money). | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Narrower | underplay | Play a card lower than (a held high card) |
Broader | gamble | Play games / games for money |
Similar to | play | make bets |
Spanish | jugarse | |
Nouns | play | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) |
Meaning | Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "On weekends I play" | |
Synonym | recreate | |
Similar to | play | Be at play |
Spanish | divertirse, entretenerse, recrearse | |
Catalan | divertir-se, entretenir-se, esbargir-se | |
Nouns | play | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement |
playing | the action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
Meaning | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game / game or playful activity. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Examples |
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Broader | simulate, assume, sham, feign | make a pretence of |
Similar to | act, play, represent | Play a role or part |
Spanish | hacer de |
Meaning | emit recorded sound. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something ----s something | |
Examples |
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Broader | sound | give ... / give off a certain sound or sounds |
Similar to | play, run | Cause to emit recorded audio or video |
Spanish | jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, tocar |
Meaning | Perform on a certain location. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Category | performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance |
Broader | perform | Give a performance (of something) |
Similar to | act, play, roleplay, playact | Perform on a stage or theater |
Spanish | tocar | |
Nouns | play | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
play | a theatrical performance of a drama / drama |
Meaning | put (a card or piece) into play during a game / game / game, or act strategically as if in a card game. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Narrower | cover | Play a higher card than the one previously played |
declare | designate (a trump suit or no-trump) with the final bid of a hand | |
pitch | Lead (a card) and establish the trump suit | |
Broader | deploy | place troops / troops or weapons in battle formation |
Similar to | play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position |
play | Use or move | |
Spanish | poner en juego | |
Catalan | posar en joc | |
Nouns | play | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) |
Meaning | Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Examples |
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Synonym | toy | |
Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
Spanish | jugar | |
Catalan | jugar | |
Nouns | playing | the action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
Meaning | Behave in a certain way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Something ----s something Adjective/Noun; Somebody ----s Adjective | |
Examples |
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Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Similar to | play | Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome |
Meaning | Cause to emit recorded audio or video. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Model | Sam and Sue play the movie | |
Examples |
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Synonym | run | |
Similar to | play | emit recorded sound |
run | Cause to perform | |
run, execute | carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine | |
Spanish | jugar, poner, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, posar, tocar |
Meaning | manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Examples |
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Synonyms | toy, fiddle, diddle | |
Narrower | put out, retire | Cause to be out on a fielding play |
Broader | manipulate | hold something in one's hands and move it |
Spanish | jugar, juguetear |
Meaning | Use to one's advantage. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "She plays on her clients' emotions" | |
Broader | exploit, work | Use or manipulate to one's advantage |
Nouns | play | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
Meaning | Consider not very seriously. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Model | Sam wants to play with Sue | |
Example | "She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania" | |
Synonyms | dally, trifle | |
Broader | consider, take, deal, look at | Take into consideration for exemplifying purposes |
Similar to | dally, toy, play, flirt | Behave carelessly or indifferently |
Meaning | Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
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Spanish | interpretar | |
Catalan | interpretar |
Meaning | Behave carelessly or indifferently. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Play about with a young girl's affection" | |
Synonyms | dally, toy, flirt | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Similar to | dally, trifle, play | Consider not very seriously |
Spanish | coquetear, flirtear |
Meaning | Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack" | |
Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Nouns | play | movement or space for movement |
Meaning | Be performed or presented for public viewing. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
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Category | performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance |
Narrower | debut | Appear for the first time in public |
Similar to | act, play, roleplay, playact | Perform on a stage or theater |
Spanish | jugar, representar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, representar, tocar | |
Nouns | play | a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage |
play | a theatrical performance of a drama / drama |
Meaning | Cause to happen / happen or to occur as a consequence. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "play a joke" | |
Synonyms | bring, work, wreak, make for | |
Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
Similar to | work, act | Have an effect or outcome |
Spanish | provocar, traer |
Meaning | Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
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Broader | discharge | pour forth or release |
Meaning | make bets. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
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Broader | bet, wager, play | stake on the outcome of an issue |
Similar to | bet, wager, play | stake on the outcome of an issue |
play | bet or wager (money) | |
Spanish | apostar, jugar, tocar | |
Catalan | jugar, tocar | |
Nouns | play | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) |
Meaning | stake on the outcome of an issue. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She played all her money on the dark horse" | |
Synonyms | bet, wager | |
Narrower | bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt | place a bet on |
play | make bets | |
raise | bet more than the previous player | |
see | match or meet | |
Broader | gamble | Play games / games for money |
Similar to | play | make bets |
Spanish | apostar, hacer una apuesta, jugarse | |
Catalan | apostar | |
Nouns | play | the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) |
Meaning | Shoot or hit in a particular manner. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "She played a good backhand last night" | |
Narrower | hook | Secure with the foot |
Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
Similar to | meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
Nouns | play | a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
Meaning | Use or move. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "I had to play my queen" | |
Narrower | promote | change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent |
Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
Similar to | meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game / game / game, or act strategically as if in a card game | |
Nouns | play | a preset plan of action in team sports |
Meaning | employ in a game / game or in a specific position. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Example | "They played him on first base" | |
Broader | use, utilize, utilise, apply, employ | put into service |
Similar to | meet, encounter, play, take on | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle |
play | put (a card or piece) into play during a game / game / game, or act strategically as if in a card game | |
Nouns | play | a preset plan of action in team sports |
Meaning | contend against an opponent in a sport, game / game, or battle. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | Sam and Sue play; Sam cannot play Sue | |
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Synonyms | meet, encounter, take on | |
Entails | compete, vie, contend | compete for something |
Narrower | confront, face | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
replay | repeat a game / game / game against the same opponent | |
Similar to | play | participate in games / games or sport |
play | Shoot or hit in a particular manner | |
play | employ in a game / game or in a specific position | |
play | Use or move | |
Spanish | enfrentarse, enfrentar, jugar | |
Catalan | enfrontar-se, jugar | |
Nouns | play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds |
playing | the action of taking part in a game / game / game or sport or other recreation |
Meaning | Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "play a hooked fish" | |
Broader | exhaust, wash up, beat, tucker, tucker out | wear out completely |
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