PLAY DOWN

Meaning of PLAY DOWN in English

give less emphasis or make something seem less important The politician played down the polls that showed that he was becoming less popular.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

PLAY DOWN — transitive verb Date: 1930 to attach little importance to ; minimize
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PLAY DOWN — de-emphasize, make less important
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
PLAY DOWN — Date: 1930 : to attach little importance to : minimize
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAY DOWN — Function: transitive verb Date: 1930 : to attach little importance to : MINIMIZE
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PLAY DOWN — [play down] vt (1930): to attach little importance to: minimize
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAY DOWN — If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important. Western diplomats have …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAY DOWN — If you ~ something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important. Western diplomats have played …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PLAY DOWN — Synonyms and related words : abate, allay, alleviate, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, bedwarf, belittle, blunt, chasten, constrain, control, damp, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY DOWN — {v.} To give less emphasis to; make (something) seem less important; divert attention from; draw notice away from. * /The …
Slang English vocab
PLAY DOWN — Function: verb Synonyms: SOFT-PEDAL , de-emphasize Related Words: restrain; mute, soften Antonyms: play (up)
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PLAY DOWN — verb Synonyms: soft-pedal , de-emphasize Related Word: restrain; mute, soften Antonyms: play (up)
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY DOWN — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
PLAY DOWN — phr verb Play down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ importance , ↑ incident , ↑ significance
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PLAY DOWN — {v.} To give less emphasis to; make (something) seem less important; divert attention from; draw notice away from. * /The …
Словарь английских идиом
PLAY DOWN — v. To give less emphasis to; make (something) seem less important; divert attention from; draw notice away from. The newspaper …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PLAY DOWN — 1) преуменьшать, умалять Syn : underestimate, understate 2) заигрывать Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAY DOWN — phr v разг. 1. преуменьшать, умалять to play down difficulties - преуменьшать трудности 2. льстить, заигрывать 3. снижать требования, снисходить
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAY DOWN — 1) преуменьшать, умалять Syn:underestimate, understate 2) заигрывать Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters. — Политик должен …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLAY DOWN — phr v разг. 1. преуменьшать, умалять to ~ difficulties - преуменьшать трудности 2. льстить, заигрывать 3. снижать требования, снисходить
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PLAY DOWN — phr v разг. 1. преуменьшать, умалять to play down difficulties - преуменьшать трудности 2. льстить, заигрывать 3. снижать требования, снисходить
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PLAY DOWN — преуменьшать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PLAY DOWN — преуменьшать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
PLAY DOWN — 1) преуменьшать, умалять Syn: underestimate , understate 2) заигрывать Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PLAY DOWN — 1) преуменьшать, умалять Syn: underestimate, understate 2) заигрывать Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters. — Политик должен научиться заигрывать с …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PLAY DOWN — а> преуменьшать, умалять; The doctors thought it kind to play down the serious nature of her illness. б> заигрывать; Politicians …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PLAY DOWN — а. преуменьшать, умалять; The doctors thought it kind to play down the serious nature of her illness. б. заигрывать; Politicians …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
PLAY DOWN — 1. преуменьшать; 2. льстить, заигрывать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
PLAY DOWN — преуменьшать; льстить, заигрывать
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
PLAY DOWN — 1) преуменьшать, умалять Syn : underestimate, understate 2) заигрывать Politicians have to learn to play down to the voters. ≈ …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAY — I In zoology, actions that have all the elements of purposeful behaviour but are performed for no apparent reason. Play …
Английский словарь Британика
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLAY — I. ˈplā noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plega; akin to Old English plegan to play, Middle Dutch pleyen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAY — noun amusement; sport; frolic; gambols. 2. play ·noun performance on an instrument of music. 3. play ·noun to act on …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLAY — n. song play chronicle play history play miracle play morality play mumming play mummers' play mystery play Passion play problem …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PLAY — Synonyms and related words : ALGOL, COBOL, FORTRAN, Grand Guignol, Passion play, Tom show, abuse, accentuate, accompany, act, act a …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
PLAY — n. 25B6; verb the children played with toys : AMUSE ONESELF, entertain oneself, enjoy oneself, have fun; relax, occupy oneself, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAY — v. 1 amuse oneself, frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, caper, sport, have fun, have a good time, enjoy oneself, disport (oneself), …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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