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Definition of 'play down' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) background, play down, downplay
understate the importance or quality of
"he played down his royal ancestry"
Definition of 'play down' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) play down
to try to make sth seem less important
The government played down fears of an epidemic.
Translation of 'play down' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to try to make (something) appear less important
He played down the fact that he had failed the exam.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afmaak Arabic flag Arabic: يُقَلِّل من أهَمِّيَّة Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: намалявам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: diminuir Czech flag Czech: bagatelizovat German flag German: herunterspielen
Danish flag Danish: afdramatisere; bagatellis Greek flag Greek: μειώνω τη σημασία Spanish flag Spanish: quitar importancia (a), m
Estonian flag Estonian: (tähtsust) pisendama Farsi flag Farsi: اهمیت ندادن Finnish flag Finnish: vähätellä
French flag French: minimiser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַקטִין עֶרֶך Hindi flag Hindi: कम महत्व देना
Croatian flag Croatian: suočiti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: (el)bagatellizál Indonesian flag Indonesian: meremehkan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gera lítið úr Italian flag Italian: minimizzare Japanese flag Japanese: 軽く扱う
Korean flag Korean: 경시하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sumenkinti Latvian flag Latvian: iztēlot kā maznozīmīgu
Malay flag Malay: pura-pura tidak mengapa Dutch flag Dutch: bagatelliseren Norwegian flag Norwegian: bagatellisere
Polish flag Polish: pomniejszać Persian flag Persian: اهمیت ندادن Pashto flag Pashto: اهميت نه وركول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: diminuir Romanian flag Romanian: a minimaliza Russian flag Russian: преуменьшить, умалять
Slovak flag Slovak: bagatelizovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: bagatelizirati Serbian flag Serbian: umanjiti značaj
Swedish flag Swedish: bagatellisera, tona ner Thai flag Thai: ลดความสำคัญของ Turkish flag Turkish: önemsiz göstermeye çalışm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 貶低 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зменшувати значення Urdu flag Urdu: اہميت نہ دينا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cố giảm bớt tầm quan trọn Chinese flag Chinese: 贬低

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