PLAY DOWN

Meaning of PLAY DOWN in English

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1930

: to attach little importance to : MINIMIZE

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 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 — [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 — give less emphasis or make something seem less important The politician played down the polls that showed that he was …
English Idioms vocab
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
DOWN
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

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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