Word a Day
play
What does play mean?
play (verb): to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use play in a sentence?
- The children played in the park. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce play?
/pleɪ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does play come from?
From Middle English pleyen (verb) and Middle English pleye (noun), from Old English plegian and plegan, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to play
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “play” mean?
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
Not quite: that's what disclose means.
to plead in favor of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly
Not quite: that's what advocate means.
to show plainly; to make to appear distinctly, usually to the mind; to put beyond question or doubt; to display; to exhibit
Not quite: that's what manifest means.
to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment
Right! That's what “play” means.
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