play
/pleɪ/ verbTranslation
SPORTS/GAMES [I, T] › When you play a sport or game, you take part in it.
oynamak, karşılaşmak
You play tennis, don't you Sam? We often used to play cards. I used to play netball for my school. I'm playing Tony (= playing against Tony) at squash tonight. Two of the team weren't playing because they were injured. Newcastle are playing against Arsenal tonight.147614861489CHILDREN [I, T] › When children play, they enjoy themselves with toys and games.
oyun oynamak
She likes playing with her dolls. Emma won't play with me.14521491MUSIC [I, T] › to make music with a musical instrument
müzik aleti/enstrüman çalmak
Tim was playing the piano.1457RECORD/RADIO [I, T] › If a radio, record, etc plays, it produces sounds, or if you play a radio, record, etc you make it produce sounds.
(müzik, radyo, plak vs.) çalmak
A radio was playing in the background. He plays his records late into the night.14571459ACTING [T] › to be a character in a film or play
filmde/oyunda bir karakteri oynamak/canlandırmak
Morgan played the father in the film version.1467 play a joke/trick on sb › to deceive someone as a joke
play about/around phrasal verb birine oyun oynamak; hile yapmak, kandırmak; şaka yapmak, dalga geçmek
I played a trick on her and pretended we'd eaten all the food. → See also play it by ear → See also play games → See also play (it) safe → See also play for time → See also play truant1490 › to behave in a silly way
be playing at sth phrasal verb UK aptalca davranmak; avanakça hareket etmek
Stop playing around and get on with your homework!1490 › If you ask what someone is playing at, you are angry because they are doing something silly.
play sth back phrasal verb laf olsun diye yapmak, eğlenmek
What do you think you're playing at!967 › to listen to sounds or watch pictures that you have just recorded
play sth down phrasal verb (kaydedilmiş film/müzik) göstermek, çalmak
When I played back our conversation, I realized I hadn't made myself clear.1459 › to try to make people think that something is less important or bad than it really is
play on sth phrasal verb ciddiye almamak, ehemmiyet vermemek, önemsememek
The government have tried to play down the seriousness of the incident.1155 › to use someone's fears in order to make that person do or believe what you want
play up phrasal verb UK yararlanmak, istismar etmek; zayıf anından çıkar sağlamak
A lot of marketing strategies just play on your fears and insecurities.2143CHILD › If a child plays up, he or she behaves badly.
yaramazlık/terbiyesizlik etmek; haşarı davranmak
967621MACHINE › If a machine plays up, it does not work as it should.
play (about/around) with sth phrasal verb başa dert açmak; düzgün çalışmamak; randımanlı çalışmamak
1852TRY › to think about or try different ways of doing something
yeni fikirler/şeyler üzerinde çalışmak; farklı şeyler aramak
We've been playing around with ideas for a new TV show.2113TOUCH › to keep touching or moving something, often when you are bored or nervous
sıkıntıdan/sinirden bir yerleriyle oynamak/kalem çevirmek/tesbih çekmek; sinirden oraya buraya dokunmak
Stop playing with your hair!1592(Definition of play verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish
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