plays (verb)
1Intransitive verb — In grammar, an intransitive verb does not take an object. In more technical terms, an intransitive verb has only one argument (its subject), and hence has a valency of one. For example, in English, the verbs sleep , complain and die , are… …
2Auxiliary verb — In linguistics, an auxiliary verb is a verb that gives further semantic or syntactic information about a main or full verb. In English, the extra meaning provided by an auxiliary verb alters the basic meaning of the main verb to make it have one… …
3Non-finite verb — In linguistics, a non finite verb (or a verbal) is a verb form that is not limited by a subject and, more generally, is not fully inflected by categories that are marked inflectionally in language, such as tense, aspect, mood, number, gender, and …
4Stative verb — A stative verb is one which asserts that one of its arguments has a particular property (possibly in relation to its other arguments). Statives differ from other aspectual classes of verbs in that they are static; they have no duration and no… …
5theatre — (BrE) (AmE theater) noun 1 where you go to see plays, etc. ⇨ See also ↑cinema ADJECTIVE ▪ large ▪ little, small ▪ 500 seat, etc …
6displace — /dɪsˈpleɪs / (say dis plays) verb (t) (displaced, displacing) 1. to put out of the usual or proper place: to displace a bone. 2. to take the place of; replace. 3. to remove from a position, office, etc. –displaceable, adjective …
7emplace — /ɛmˈpleɪs/ (say em plays) verb (t) (emplaced, emplacing) to place or position …
8replace — /rəˈpleɪs / (say ruh plays) verb (t) (replaced, replacing) 1. to fill or take the place of; substitute for (a person or thing): electricity has replaced gas as a means of illumination. 2. to provide a substitute or equivalent in the place of: to… …
9play off — verb set into opposition or rivalry let them match their best athletes against ours pit a chess player against the Russian champion He plays his two children off against each other • Syn: ↑pit, ↑oppose, ↑match • Derivationally related for …
10play around — verb 1. commit adultery (Freq. 1) he plays around a lot • Syn: ↑fool around • Hypernyms: ↑cheat on, ↑cheat, ↑cuckold, ↑betray, ↑wande …
