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The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.
Catherine Bell

Meaning of "play on" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAY ON

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAY ON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Play on is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PLAY ON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of play on in the English dictionary

The first definition of play on in the dictionary is to continue to play. Other definition of play on is Also: play upon to exploit or impose upon to one's own advantage. Play on is also to hit the ball into one's own wicket.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAY ON

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 off
play on words
play one´s ace
play one´s cards
play out
play park
play possum
play reading
play safe
play second fiddle
play silly buggers

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAY ON

a shoulder to cry on
be dirty on
carry on
do the dirty on
go easy on
have a derry on
have pity on
heavy on
lay on
put money on
try on

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «play on» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAY ON

Find out the translation of play on to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of play on 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 on» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jugar en
570 millions of speakers

English

play on
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर खेलने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اللعب على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

играть на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogar em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খেলতে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jouer sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermain di atas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spielen auf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プレー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muter ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chơi trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்ந்து விளையாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खेळा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oynamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giocare su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

grać na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

грати на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

joacă pe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παίξετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speel op
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spela på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spille på
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of play on

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY ON»

The term «play on» is very widely used and occupies the 14.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about play on

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLAY ON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word play on.
1
Catherine Bell
The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.
2
Tomas Berdych
The grass is a very big challenge for me. There are these low bounces and different movements, which is very difficult, especially for my height and weight. When the surfaces change, and I start to play on grass, I start to feel it in the lower back and the lower hamstring.
3
Bert Blyleven
My dad introduced me to baseball. Then one of my friends asked if I could play on a team; my dad said I could, and I just fell in love with the game.
4
Chris Carter
I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The X-Files.'
5
Yoenis Cespedes
Despite the situation in Cuba, I had a chance to play on the national team; and compared to other baseball players and other people in Cuba, I had the opportunity to live at a level that was not very high class but in the middle.
6
Randy Couture
'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
7
Jim Dale
You've got to love the villain if you have to play him. You've got to find something that you can live with in yourself if you're going to play the villain in a play on stage.
8
Natalie Dormer
A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool.
9
Donald Dunn
If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who you have to play on it.
10
Max Eastman
A joke is not a thing but a process, a trick you play on the listener's mind. You start him off toward a plausible goal, and then by a sudden twist you land him nowhere at all or just where he didn't expect to go.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAY ON»

Discover the use of play on in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to play on and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and ...
Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial.
Stuart Brown M.D., Christopher Vaughan, 2009
2
24 Games You Can Play on a Checker Board
24 fantastic games to play on a checkerboard!
Carol Lynch Williams, 2007
3
Play On!: A Comedy
Comedy Characters: 3 male, 7 female Interior Set Perfect for any theatre group, this is the hilarious story of a theater group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty authoress who keeps ...
Rick Abbot, 1980
4
Gender in Play on the Shakespearean Stage: Boy Heroines and ...
A vital addition to the growing body of literature, this book is the most in-depth and historically contextual study to date of Shakespeare's uses of the heroine in male disguise--man-playing-woman-playing-man--in all its theatrical and ...
Michael Shapiro, 1996
5
Play On
When things off the field distract the team and threaten to tear them apart, Alecia must find a way to get her teammates to commit to each other and the ultimate goal of a championship.
Sandra Diersch, 2011
6
Nico: Songs They Never Play on the Radio
John Cale, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso are among those who appear in the ultimately tragic story of Nico, the last Bohemian. Originally published in 1992.
James Young, 1999
7
Play on Words
Clever puzzles for persons 8 to 80. Word games based on puns, movie and book titles, road signs, and everyday expressions.
Andrew Hertz, 2001
8
A Most Unsuitable Girl (A Play On Dowry Deaths) And Conquest ...
A Most Unsuitable Girl, is a tragicomedy play on the prevalent social practice in India on giving dowry upon the marriage of young woman by her parents and how in certain circumstances the absence (or lack ) of dowry might have potentially ...
Rajesh Talwar, 2003
9
Joy: A Play on the Letter I, in Three Acts
Joy: A Play on the Letter I, in Three Acts is a play by the Nobel Prize winning English writer John Galsworthy (1867 - 1933), best known for The Forsyte Saga and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter.
John Galsworthy, 2009
10
Karl Marx in Soho: A Play on History
Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change. Zinn also shows how relevant Marx's ideas are for today's world.
Howard Zinn, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAY ON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term play on is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Mariners turn crazy 3-6-2 triple play on the Blue Jays
Not sure anyone has ever seen a triple play like this one. Your browser does not support iframes. The first out is clear. Ryan Goins grounded ... «SB Nation, Jul 15»
2
If music be the food of love, play on Hillside ('cause we love it)
GUELPH — Which was the best band that played at Hillside is up to individual taste. Perhaps the best a music-lover can do is narrow it down to ... «Guelph Mercury, Jul 15»
3
Police find body in search for missing Conley Thompson from Barnsley
Writing on Twitter, a user called Brett said he used to live near the area and that children regularly play on the site where Conley was found. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Hammond mayor: Chief Keef was not authorized to play concert
"Our contract clearly allows us to authorize all acts that play on our stage. Chief Keef wasn't authorized, so we killed the power," he said. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
5
With an uncertain future, Steelers' Beachum is 'here to play football'
... lot of good players here, spent time with Cam Heyward and Maurkice Pouncey, two guys who know exactly what it takes to play on Sundays. «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
6
You Can Play Half Life On An Android Wear Smartwatch
The video below shows Half Life running on the 1.65 inch display of the LG G Watch, obviously the game is slightly more difficult to play on ... «Geeky Gadgets, Jul 15»
7
Brent Harvey looks certain to play on in 2016, says Leigh Matthews
Having starred in his 400th game, North Melbourne great Brent Harvey looks almost certain to play on in 2016, according to Australian football ... «The Age, Jul 15»
8
Omer Asik won't play on Turkish national team because of recurring …
New Orleans Pelicans center Omer Asik (3) dunks in front of San Antonio Spurs guard Danny Green (14) during first half action at the Smoothie ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
9
Thayer Academy senior to play on the Maccabi USA Soccer Team in …
Jonathan Stern has been selected to play on the Maccabi USA Youth Men's Soccer Team at the 14th European Maccabi Games in Berlin, from ... «Wicked Local Braintree, Jul 15»
10
Terex Corporation: A Play On The Construction Industry Rebound …
Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...)I wrote this ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»

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