underplay

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: verb

[VN] (written, especially BrE) to make sth seem less important than it really is SYNPLAYDOWN, DOWNPLAY OPPOVERPLAY

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

underplayEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary underplayEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

underline underling underlying undermanned undermine underneath undernourished underpaid underpants underpass underpay

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Is underplay a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, underplay is tagged as verb.

Does underplay appear elsewhere on Lughet?

Yes — underplay appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.

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