Language: English
Tense: Present Simple
Tense: Present Simple
Simple Forms
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| to play | play let's play play |
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| not to play | do not play let's not play do not play |
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See also verbs with similar meaning:
play a joke on,
play a trick on,
play along,
play around,
play back,
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- Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- Consider not very seriously
- Participate in games or sport
- Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- Employ in a game or in a specific position
- Use or move
- Shoot or hit in a particular manner
- Bet or wager (money)
- Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- Stake on the outcome of an issue
- Make bets
- Use to one's advantage
- Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- Perform on a certain location
- Be performed or presented for public viewing
- Cause to emit recorded audio or video
- Emit recorded sound
- Play a role or part
- Perform on a stage or theater
- Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- Replay (as a melody)
- Play on an instrument
- Perform music on (a musical instrument)
- Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- Behave carelessly or indifferently
- Behave in a certain way
- Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- Toy with an idea
- She plays deaf when the news are bad
- Play a hooked fish
- She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
- Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches
- Charlie likes to play Mary
- They played him on first base
- I had to play my queen
- She played a good backhand last night
- She plays the races
- The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory
- She played all her money on the dark horse
- Play the casinos in Trouville
- She plays on her clients' emotions
- The fountains played all day
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
- She has been playing on Broadway for years
- `Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years
- He never tires of playing that video
- The stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered
- She played the servant to her husband's master
- I played in `A Christmas Carol'
- Play cowboy and Indians
- She played the third movement very beautifully
- The band played all night long
- Can you play on this old recorder?
- The spotlights played on the politicians
- The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack
- I played no role in your dismissal
- The students all recreate alike
- I used to play with trucks as a little girl
- Play about with a young girl's affection
- Play fair
- His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee
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- Engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
- Pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
- Exhaust by allowing to pull on the line
- Consider not very seriously
- Participate in games or sport
- Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
- Employ in a game or in a specific position
- Use or move
- Shoot or hit in a particular manner
- Bet or wager (money)
- Put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
- Stake on the outcome of an issue
- Make bets
- Use to one's advantage
- Discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
- Manipulate manually or in one's mind or imagination
- Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- Perform on a certain location
- Be performed or presented for public viewing
- Cause to emit recorded audio or video
- Emit recorded sound
- Play a role or part
- Perform on a stage or theater
- Pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
- Replay (as a melody)
- Play on an instrument
- Perform music on (a musical instrument)
- Move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
- Cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
- Act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
- Engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
- Be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
- Behave carelessly or indifferently
- Behave in a certain way
- Be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
- Toy with an idea
- She plays deaf when the news are bad
- Play a hooked fish
- She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
- Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches
- Charlie likes to play Mary
- They played him on first base
- I had to play my queen
- She played a good backhand last night
- She plays the races
- The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory
- She played all her money on the dark horse
- Play the casinos in Trouville
- She plays on her clients' emotions
- The fountains played all day
- He played with the idea of running for the Senate
- The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
- She has been playing on Broadway for years
- `Cats' has been playing on Broadway for many years
- He never tires of playing that video
- The stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered
- She played the servant to her husband's master
- I played in `A Christmas Carol'
- Play cowboy and Indians
- She played the third movement very beautifully
- The band played all night long
- Can you play on this old recorder?
- The spotlights played on the politicians
- The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack
- I played no role in your dismissal
- The students all recreate alike
- I used to play with trucks as a little girl
- Play about with a young girl's affection
- Play fair
- His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee
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