downplay, v.
(downplayed, downplaying, downplays)
(downplayed, downplaying, downplays)
understate the importance or quality of
<verb.change>
background downplay play down
sample sentences
"he played down his royal ancestry"verb frames
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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antonym
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hypernym
hyponym
represent as less significant or important
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
downplay minimise minimize understate
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s somethingverb frames
Somebody ----s something
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form