player

CEFRA1

/ˈpleɪ.ə(ɹ)/

noun

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01
noun
A person who takes part in a game or sport.
02
noun
A device that plays recorded sound or video.

Examples

He spoke of his childhood fantasies about becoming a famous football player.
I want an MP3 player!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

One that plays.
One who plays any game or sport.
An actor in a dramatic play.

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In context

You are a tennis player.
He is a player for the Australian team.
Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?

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The star basketball blank dribbled the ball down the court and scored two points.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

All the world's a ſtage, / And all the men and women, merely Players
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
The player is free to create their own narrative within a much larger set of possible designed narrative options, or, given the geographic and dialogical openness of Morrowind, to refuse the creation of any narrative but their own and wander aimlessly through the game.
2015, Angus Slater, “Prophecy, Pre-destination, and Free-form Gameplay: The Nerevarine Prophecy in Bethesda’s ‘Morrowind’”, in Online: Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, volume 7, →DOI, page 175
Decision realities research recognizes the occupational tribalism identified in occupational realities research, but goes further by paying attention to all the players – patients and lay caregivers included – who participate in negotiating care.
2011, Suzanne Shale, Moral Leadership in Medicine, page 239
Another Bush — George W.’s brother Jeb — is likely to be a big player in the Republican Party’s future.
2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times
As the biggest rail player, Network Rail was usually held accountable for failings, but had no authority to change anything to solve the problems. The DfT had been given that authority in 2004 - but consistently ducked accountability.
2021 March 10, Nigel Harris, “It's time to get on with it!”, in RAIL, number 926, page 3

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Origin

noun

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

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Quick test

The star basketball blank— dribbled the ball down the court and scored two points.

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noun

The star basketball blank dribbled the ball down the court and scored two points.