0 When you play, especially as a child, you spend time doing an enjoyable and/or entertaining activity:
2 to perform an entertainment or a particular character in a play, film, etc.:
3 to perform music on an instrument or instruments:
5 to risk money, especially on the results of races or business deals, hoping to win more money:
6 a piece of writing that is intended to be acted in a theatre or on radio or television:
8 activity that is not serious but done for enjoyment, especially when children enjoy themselves with toys and games:
9 movement:
12 to perform as a character in a play or movie, or (of a performance) to be shown:
[ T ] She played the part of a beautiful and brilliant scientist.
[ I ] What’s playing at (= being shown at) the local movie theaters?
[ L ] Don’t play dumb with me (= pretend you don’t know anything) – you know very well what happened!
[ T ] The president denied that politics played any part in his decision to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court.
13 to perform music on an instrument, or to cause something that produces sound or a picture to operate:
14 to risk money, esp. on the results of races or business deals, hoping to win money:
15 a story that is intended to be acted out before people who have come to see it:
16 If a ball or something else is in play, it is in a position where it can be used as part of the regular action in a game or sport, and if it is out of play, it is not in such a position:
17 to have money, time, etc. available to use:
Swelling tax receipts have given the government more money to play with over the last two years.
18 to obey the rules of a particular system:
19 to do things in the way that you want, rather than obeying the rules of a particular system:
Large multinational corporations often play by their own rules.
20 to try to be as successful as other people, companies, etc.:
21 to take big risks in order to achieve something that you really want:
23 to trade shares, bonds, etc., especially in order to make money quickly, rather than to invest over a longer period:
Spread betting companies offer an opportunity for private individuals to play the stock market.
24 to have a lot of power or influence in a particular situation:
His financial expertise played a major role in London City airport's development.
IT had a key part to play in modernizing the organization.
25 to use a set of rules or laws in order to get an advantage for yourself, in a way that may not be fair:
26 to do things that you know you are good at:
28 to have an influence in a situation:
Many issues are at play here, including the impact on the environment.
29 if a company or its shares are in play, they may be bought by other companies or shareholders:
In a corporate-driven deal environment, even "untouchable" bank stocks could be in play.
30 to start to use something for a particular purpose:
I'm not playing with him, he's not nice to me!
Erik needed a good wash after playing in the garden all day.
I asked Sophie if she wanted to come round and play with Isabel.
I usually play football with some of my mates from the office on Saturdays.
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