PLAY DOWN/DOWNPLAY

Meaning of PLAY DOWN/DOWNPLAY in English

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DOWNPLAY — transitive verb Date: 1954 play down , de-emphasize
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
DOWNPLAY — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb : to play down : de-emphasize
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWNPLAY — /down"play'/ , v.t. to treat or speak of (something) so as to reduce emphasis on its importance, value, strength, etc.: …
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
DOWNPLAY — v. de-emphasize, make little of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
DOWNPLAY — transitive verb Date: 1954 : play down , de-emphasize
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
DOWNPLAY — ■ verb make (something) appear less important than it really is.
Concise Oxford English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOWNPLAY — [down.play] vt (1954): play down, de-emphasize
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DOWNPLAY — downplay BrE AmE ˌdaʊn ˈpleɪ ▷ downplay|ed d ▷ downplay|ing ɪŋ ▷ downplay|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PLAY — / pleɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb OF CHILDREN 1. play (with sb/sth) to do things for pleasure, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWNPLAY — / ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ; NAmE / verb [ vn ] to make people think that sth is less important than it really …
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
DOWNPLAY — down ‧ play /ˌdaʊnˈpleɪ $ ˈdaʊnpleɪ/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] to make something seem less important than it really is …
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
DOWNPLAY — v.tr. play down; minimize the importance of.
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
DOWNPLAY — v.tr. play down; minimize the importance of.
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
DOWNPLAY — v.tr. play down; minimize the importance of.
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
DOWNPLAY — ( downplays, downplaying, downplayed) If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWNPLAY — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) If you ~ a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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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
DOWNPLAY — [verb] [T] - to make (something) seem less important or less bad than it really is; play downThe government has …
Cambridge English vocab
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
DOWNPLAY — verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
DOWNPLAY — verb Downplay is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ extent , ↑ importance , ↑ incident , ↑ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DOWNPLAY — • ↑ play down/downplay
Longman Activator 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
DOWNPLAY — say it is not important, soft pedal They tried to downplay the fact that smoking caused the fire.
English Idioms vocab
DOWNPLAY — say it is not important, soft pedal They tried to downplay the fact that smoking caused the fire.
English Idioms vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWNPLAY — гл. преуменьшать; приглушать; недооценивать, сглаживать, умалять Syn : underestimate, understate преуменьшать; приглушать; сглаживать - to * the reports of terrorism …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOWNPLAY — downplay.ogg ʹdaʋn͵pleı v преуменьшать; приглушать; сглаживать to downplay the reports of terrorism - преуменьшать значение сообщений о террористических актах
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAY — 1) биение 2) зазор 3) игра 4) играть 5) игровой 6) люфт 7) партия 8) приводить в действие 9) ходить • play [use] strategy — применять стратегию play a part in …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOWNPLAY — гл.преуменьшать; приглушать; недооценивать, сглаживать, умалять Syn:underestimate, understate
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DOWNPLAY — (v) преуменьшать; приглушать; приглушить; приуменьшить; сглаживать; сглазить
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
DOWNPLAY — v преуменьшать; приглушать; сглаживать to ~ the reports of terrorism - преуменьшать значение сообщений о террористических актах
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