English - Turkish
Definition of down play in English Turkish dictionary
- önemsememek
- play down
- önemini azaltmak
- play down
- hafifsemek
- play down
- önemsizleştirmek
- play down
- önemseme
- downplay
- Önemsiz gibi göstermek, önemsememek
The text downplays the importance of the Columbus's discovery.
- downplay
- Önemsiz göstermek
- play down
- Hafifsemek, hafife almak, önemsememek
- play down
- Önemsiz göstermek
- play down
- önemsememek
- play down
- Hafife almak, hafifsemek, önemsememek
- play down
- önemsememek, pek önem vermemek
- play something down
- Önemsiz göstermek
- play down
- (deyim) play sth. down önemsiz göstermek
- play it low down
- önemsememek
- play it low down
- kaale almamak
- play s.t. down
- bir şeyi önemsizmiş gibi göstermek
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English - English
Definition of down play in English English dictionary
- downplay
- To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential
He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
- play down
- To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious
During the wave of anti-immigrant sentiment, Miguel played down his immigrant status by removing Chicano patois from his speech and adopting the nickname Mike..
- downplay
- To minimize the significance of; play down
- play down
- To minimize the significance of; downplay
- downplay
- If you downplay a fact or feature, you try to make people think that it is less important or serious than it really is. The government is trying to downplay the violence. = play down. to make something seem less important than it really is = play down
- downplay
- understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
- downplay
- To de-emphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
- downplay
- represent as less significant or important
- downplay
- {f} de-emphasize, make little of
- play down
- If you play down something, you try to make people believe that it is not particularly important. Western diplomats have played down the significance of the reports Both London and Dublin are playing the matter down. play up
- play down
- de-emphasize, make less important
- play down
- understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
- play down a possibility
- underrate the chances, show the attitude of disdain toward the possibility
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down play
Hyphenation
Down playTurkish pronunciation
daun pleyPronunciation
/ˈdoun ˈplā/ /ˈdaʊn ˈpleɪ/
Etymology
[ 'daun ] (adverb.) before 12th century. Middle English doun, from Old English dune, short for adune, of dune, from a- , of off, from + dune, dative of dun hill.Resimler
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