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Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think it is more about the story, when you have something to play off of.
Jake Lloyd

Meaning of "play off" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAY OFF

play off play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAY OFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Play off is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PLAY OFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Playoffs

The playoffs, postseason, or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a single-elimination system or one of several other different playoff formats. Playoff, in regards to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament. In team sports in the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional divisions of teams. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games in their division than outside it, but the league's best teams might not play against each other in the regular season. Therefore, in the postseason a playoff series is organized. Any group-winning team is eligible to participate, and as playoffs became more popular they were expanded to include second- or even lower-placed teams – the term "wild card" refers to these teams.

Definition of play off in the English dictionary

The first definition of play off in the dictionary is usually foll by against to deal with or manipulate as if in playing a game. Other definition of play off is to take part in a play-off. Play off is also an extra contest to decide the winner when two or more competitors are tied.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAY OFF

play false
play fast and loose
play favourites
play for time
play God
play hardball
play havoc
play hell with
play into the hands of
play merry hell with
play on
play on words
play one´s ace
play one´s cards
play out
play park
play possum
play reading
play safe
play second fiddle

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAY OFF

badly off
better off
buy off
carry off
comfortably off
cry off
cut off
day off
drop off
get off
hold off
kick off
lay off
marry off
on and off
pay off
set off
show off
take off
turn off

Synonyms and antonyms of play off in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «play off» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAY OFF

Find out the translation of play off to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of play off from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «play off» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夺标决赛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

partido de desempate
570 millions of speakers

English

play off
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भिड़ा देना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلعب خارج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стравливать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

partida de desempate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খেলা বন্ধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

belle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermain di luar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ausscheidungsspiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プレーオフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

연장전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muter mati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chơi tắt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளையாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

birbirine düşürmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

play off
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

play off
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стравлювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

play off
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παίζουν off
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speel af
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spela ut
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spille av
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of play off

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY OFF»

The term «play off» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.640 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY OFF» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about play off

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLAY OFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word play off.
1
Cecily Brown
My process is really quite organic, and starting a painting is one of the best parts for me. I always start in quite a loose and free way. I often put down one ground colour to begin with and then play off that.
2
Anton du Beke
I've been playing golf as long as I've been dancing, since I was 13 or 14. I play off six. I like to get out on a golf course as often as I can.
3
Frank Gehry
Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
4
Mike Gordon
I like to be sort of grounded with Fish. But, at the same time, I think probably what's unique about us is the way other dynamics happen, where I'll play off Trey for awhile. When we start playing a jam, I don't usually know what's going to happen, I don't have a plan.
5
Kevin Heffernan
When I come out to do my stand-up set, I pretty much get bombarded with lines from movies. You try to play off it a little bit, but that's what people want to see.
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Kevin Heffernan
When I come out to do my stand-up set, I pretty much get bombarded with lines from movies. You try to play off it a little bit, but that's what people want to see. Some clubs, the drunker the audience gets, the more they heckle.
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Howard Hughes
Play off everyone against each other so that you have more avenues of action open to you.
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Bobby Keys
I pull a lot of the stuff that I play off the rhythm tracks - and Keith Richards has been one of the main contributors to my inspirational playing.
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Jim Lee
If you look at the great superheroes in any universe, you will always find that they have the very best super villains opposing them. It's because they are foils; they are people that the heroes play off of.
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Jake Lloyd
Violence is used to portray what happens in a film. It only helps portray the actors and what they do. I think it is more about the story, when you have something to play off of.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAY OFF»

Discover the use of play off in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to play off and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Play-off
Because Lian Jie is so small, no one on the Dodgers takes him seriously, until they realize he's a baseball expert.
Dean Hughes, Dennis Lyall, 1991
2
Assassin's Play-Off
For centuries, the ancient House of Sinanju is recognized as the center of learning for all the martial arts.
Warren Murphy, Richard Sapir, 2002
3
Foul Play: Off Side
When Danny Harte finds out there's been an anonymous foreign buy-out of his favourite club, City, he's furious - the fans were about to buy it themselves.
Tom Palmer, 2010
4
Honolulu Play-Off: An Alan Saxon Mystery
A hollow laugh. “I try to suppress that particular memory.” “But you were on great form at Torrey Pines that day.” “I know,” I said, ruefully. “That's what made it so maddening. The trouble was that you were on even better form. During the play- off, ...
Keith Miles, 2012
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Play-off
Tina DeVita breaks into professional car racing.
Benjamin Swift, 1981
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Pragmastylistics of dramatic texts: the play off the stage
本书在文体学、语用学和语篇分析相结合的基础上提出了语用文体学的分析模式;深入探讨了戏剧语言的特征和戏剧文本的多重属性 ...
封宗信, 2002
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Papers on Historical Algonquian and Iroquois Topics
Throughout this period the Shawnee continually shifted their alliances in an effort to play off the Colonial powers against each other. The Shawnee fought very hard to oppose trans-Appalachian settlement and they were involved in both ...
David A. Ezzo, Michael H. Moskowitz, 2007
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Statistical Thinking in Sports
11 The impact of post-season play-off systems on the attendance at regular season games Chris Bojke University of Groningen and Pharmerit UK ABSTRACT Post-season play-offs are featured in many professional sports leagues, and they ...
Jim Albert, Ruud H. Koning, 2007
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International Perspectives on the Management of Sport
TABLE 8–4 Play-off Qualification in the North American Major Leagues, 1966/67 –2005/06, H Index 1966/67– 1976/77– 1986/87– 1996/67–Major Leaguea 1975/ 76 1985/86 1995/96 2005/06 NFL 0.071 0.049 0.046 0.041 MLB 0.111 0.087 ...
Trevor Slack, Milena M. Parent, 2007
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The Roots of Dependency: Subsistence, Environment, and ...
The. Evolution. of. the. Choctaw. Play-off. System. The rise in deer populations would probably have remained merely a biological event, historically insignificant , if it had not been coupled with the appearance of French and English traders ...
Richard White, 1988

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAY OFF»

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SanDisk Historically Favors Short Play off Evening Earnings Moves
reports its Q2 results in tonight's after-hours session, and shorts get the better look at the stock. Historically, SNDK has seen its earnings-driven ... «Nasdaq, Jul 15»

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