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- [pley]
- /pleɪ/
- /ˈpleɪd ˈaʊt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pley]
- /pleɪ/
Definitions of played out words
- noun played out a dramatic composition or piece; drama. 1
- noun played out a dramatic performance, as on the stage. 1
- noun played out exercise or activity for amusement or recreation. 1
- noun played out fun or jest, as opposed to seriousness: I said it merely in play. 1
- noun played out a pun. 1
- noun played out the playing, action, or conduct of a game: The pitcher was replaced in the fourth inning of play. 1
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Origin of played out
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English pleye, Old English plega; (v.) Middle English pleyen, Old English pleg(i)an (cognate with Middle Dutch pleien to leap for joy, dance, rejoice, be glad)
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Parts of speech for Played out
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
played out popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
played out usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for played out
adj played out
- all in — If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- beggared — a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
- cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
- dead beat — a person who deliberately avoids paying debts.
adjective played out
- collapsing — Present participle of collapse.
- dinged — to cause surface damage to; dent: Flying gravel had dinged the car's fenders.
- disbursed — Pay out (money from a fund).
- divested — Simple past tense and past participle of divest.
- dropping — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
Antonyms for played out
adjective played out
- accumulated — to gather or collect, often in gradual degrees; heap up: to accumulate wealth.
- activated — to make active; cause to function or act.
- energised — Alternative spelling of energized.
- energized — Simple past tense and past participle of energize.
- enriched — Simple past tense and past participle of enrich.
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