play

/pleɪ/

意味: 遊び、劇

例文: Momo joined the play as a talking fish.
　　  モモは劇でしゃべる魚役を演じた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: play a game(ゲームをする), play music(音楽を演奏する), play a role(役を演じる)

定義: 遊ぶ、ゲームやスポーツをする、楽器を演奏する、役を演じるなどの活動を指します。子供が遊ぶときや、音楽を演奏するとき、または演技をするときに使われます。

playは約2,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
Noun: a theatrical performance of a drama
Noun: a preset plan of action in team sports
Noun: a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill
Noun: a state in which action is feasible
Noun: utilization or exercise
Noun: an attempt to get something
Noun: activity by children that is guided more by imagination than by fixed rules
Noun: (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds
Noun: the removal of constraints
Noun: a weak and tremulous light
Noun: verbal wit or mockery (often at another’s expense but not to be taken seriously)
Noun: movement or space for movement
Noun: gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement
Noun: (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession
Noun: the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
Noun: the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully
Verb: participate in games or sport
Verb: act or have an effect in a specified way or with a specific effect or outcome
Verb: play on an instrument
Verb: play a role or part
Verb: be at play; be engaged in playful activity; amuse oneself in a way characteristic of children
Verb: replay (as a melody)
Verb: perform music on (a musical instrument)
Verb: pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
Verb: move or seem to move quickly, lightly, or irregularly
Verb: bet or wager (money)
Verb: engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
Verb: pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity
Verb: emit recorded sound
Verb: perform on a certain location
Verb: put (a card or piece) into play during a game, or act strategically as if in a card game
Verb: engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously
Verb: behave in a certain way
Verb: cause to emit recorded audio or video
Verb: manipulate manually or in one’s mind or imagination
Verb: use to one’s advantage
Verb: consider not very seriously
Verb: be received or accepted or interpreted in a specific way
Verb: behave carelessly or indifferently
Verb: cause to move or operate freely within a bounded space
Verb: perform on a stage or theater
Verb: be performed or presented for public viewing
Verb: cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
Verb: discharge or direct or be discharged or directed as if in a continuous stream
Verb: make bets
Verb: stake on the outcome of an issue
Verb: shoot or hit in a particular manner
Verb: use or move
Verb: employ in a game or in a specific position
Verb: contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
Verb: exhaust by allowing to pull on the line

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Children play in the park every afternoon.(子供たちは毎日午後、公園で遊びます。)
She will play the piano at the concert.(彼女はコンサートでピアノを弾きます。)
They play chess to improve their strategy skills.(彼らは戦略を磨くためにチェスをします。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway
Noun: the play lasted two hours
Noun: the coach drew up the plays for her team
Noun: he made a great maneuver
Noun: the runner was out on a play by the shortstop
Noun: the ball was still in play
Noun: insiders said the company’s stock was in play
Noun: the play of the imagination
Noun: they made a futile play for power
Noun: he made a bid to gain attention
Noun: Freud believed in the utility of play to a small child
Noun: rain stopped play in the 4th inning
Noun: he gave free rein to his impulses
Noun: they gave full play to the artist’s talent
Noun: the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers
Noun: the play of light on the water
Noun: he became a figure of fun
Noun: he said it in sport
Noun: there was too much play in the steering wheel
Noun: it was all done in play
Noun: their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly
Noun: it is my turn
Noun: it is still my play
Noun: his gambling cost him a fortune
Noun: there was heavy play at the blackjack table
Verb: We played hockey all afternoon
Verb: play cards
Verb: Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches
Verb: This factor played only a minor part in his decision
Verb: This development played into her hands
Verb: I played no role in your dismissal
Verb: The band played all night long
Verb: Gielgud played Hamlet
Verb: She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
Verb: She played the servant to her husband’s master
Verb: The kids were playing outside all day
Verb: I used to play with trucks as a little girl
Verb: Play it again, Sam
Verb: She played the third movement very beautifully
Verb: He plays the flute
Verb: Can you play on this old recorder?
Verb: He acted the idiot
Verb: She plays deaf when the news are bad
Verb: The spotlights played on the politicians
Verb: He played $20 on the new horse
Verb: She plays the races
Verb: On weekends I play
Verb: The students all recreate alike
Verb: Let’s play like I am mommy
Verb: Play cowboy and Indians
Verb: The tape was playing for hours
Verb: the stereo was playing Beethoven when I entered
Verb: The prodigy played Carnegie Hall at the age of 16
Verb: She has been playing on Broadway for years
Verb: He is playing his cards close to his chest
Verb: The Democrats still have some cards to play before they will concede the electoral victory
Verb: They played games on their opponents
Verb: play the stock market
Verb: play with her feelings
Verb: toy with an idea
Verb: play safe
Verb: play it safe
Verb: play fair
Verb: They ran the tapes over and over again
Verb: I’ll play you my favorite record
Verb: He never tires of playing that video
Verb: She played nervously with her wedding ring
Verb: Don’t fiddle with the screws
Verb: He played with the idea of running for the Senate
Verb: She plays on her clients’ emotions
Verb: He is trifling with her
Verb: She plays with the thought of moving to Tasmania
Verb: This speech didn’t play well with the American public
Verb: His remarks played to the suspicions of the committee
Verb: Play about with a young girl’s affection
Verb: The engine has a wheel that is playing in a rack
Verb: She acts in this play
Verb: He acted in `Julius Caesar’
Verb: I played in `A Christmas Carol’
Verb: What’s playing in the local movie theater?
Verb: `Cats’ has been playing on Broadway for many years
Verb: I cannot work a miracle
Verb: wreak havoc
Verb: bring comments
Verb: play a joke
Verb: The rain brought relief to the drought-stricken area
Verb: play water from a hose
Verb: The fountains played all day
Verb: Play the races
Verb: play the casinos in Trouville
Verb: I bet $100 on that new horse
Verb: She played all her money on the dark horse
Verb: She played a good backhand last night
Verb: I had to play my queen
Verb: They played him on first base
Verb: Princeton plays Yale this weekend
Verb: Charlie likes to play Mary
Verb: play a hooked fish

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): act, act as, bet, bid, bring, caper, child’s play, dally, diddle, drama, dramatic play, encounter, fiddle, flirt, free rein, frolic, fun, gambling, gambol, gaming, looseness, make for, maneuver, manoeuvre, meet, period of play, play, playact, playing period, recreate, represent, roleplay, romp, run, shimmer, spiel, sport, swordplay, take on, toy, trifle, turn, wager, work, wreak

Antonyms(反意語): tightness

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): act, action, activity, attempt, bet, change, compete, consider, deploy, discharge, diversion, dramatic composition, exhaust, exploit, freedom, gamble, hit, make, manipulate, measure, motion, movability, move, perform, plan of action, re-create, show, simulate, sound, travel, use, vice, wit

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abstract, academic freedom, acceleration, accompany, accomplishment, act, act involuntarily, act on, acting, address, advance, agency, aggression, agitate, aid, alienation, alternate, angle, antagonize, antic, anticipate, application, approach, arouse, arrival, ascend, assemble, attack, attempt, attraction, audition, automobile, avail, avulsion, back, backhand, backslap, bang, barnstorm, bathing, batting, battle plan, bear, beat, beatification, beetle, beget, begin, behave, behavior, best, bet, bet on, betake oneself, bid, billow, birth, blast, blow, bon mot, bounce, brandish, break, break down, breeze, bring, broadcast, bruxism, build, bungle, bunker, bunt, burlesque, burst, busyness, buzz, cackel, calibration, cannibalize, cannon, caravan, career, caricature, carry, cartoon, cause, celebration, center, ceremony, change, change hands, chase away, choice, chop, choreograph, circle, circuit, circulate, civil liberty, clap, clear, cleave, clink, coact, come, come close, come to the fore, compose, concealment, concertize, condescend, conduct, connect, construct, contemplate, continuance, continue, contribution, control, conversion, cope, copy, cordage, course, court, crack, crawl, create, create by mental act, create from raw material, create verbally, creation, croquet, cruise, cup of tea, cut, dally, damage, dancing, dandle, dare, deal, death, debut, deceleration, decrease, definite quantity, deformation, demand, derail, derive, descend, descent, destabilization, development, dice, direct, disarrange, dislocate, dismantling, dispatch, displace, dissonate, distill, diversion, do, do well, domesticity, double, drag, draw, dribble, drive, drive around, drop, ease, easing, economy, education, effect, egotrip, emphasizing, employment, emulate, energizing, enfranchisement, engage, enjoy, enjoyment, entertainment, equal, eruption, escapade, escape, esprit de l’escalier, essay, establish, eurythmy, evade, exert, expel, exploit, exploitation, exteriorize, fall, fall back, fall over backwards, feint, ferry, fetch, fictionalize, film, film-make, finish up, flick, float, flock, flow, fluctuate, fly, follow, follow through, follow-up, footle, foray, force, forge, form, foul, frazzle, free hand, free rein, freedom of the seas, freeze, frivol, froth, fun, fundamental quantity, funnel, galanty show, gambling, game, generate, get around, get around to, ghost, give, glide, go, go ahead, go around, go off half-cocked, gong, grandstand, grind, ground, ground out, grouping, guard, haste, heel, herd, hiss, hit, hole, hook, hugger mugger, hurtle, hustle, implement, incorporate, increase, indefinite quantity, independence, institute, intemperance, interact, interaction, interlude, interrupt, island hop, jar, jest, jeu d’esprit, joke, jumpstart, kill, kindness, knead, lamentation, lance, last, lateralize, laughter, launch, lay down, lay hands on, leadership, liberation, liberty, lift, liveliness, locomotion, loft, looseness, lord it over, loss of consciousness, lower, lurch, magnetization, make, make a point, make as if, make bold, make hay, maneuver, manufacture, market, massage, measurement, menace, migration, misapply, misbehave, misuse, mobilize, model, mouse, movie, mug’s game, music, mutation, mystification, negotiation, nightlife, occupation, octane number, offset, operate, operation, optimize, organization, originate, outflank, overdrive, overturn, overuse, pace, pan, participate, partner, pass, pass over, pastime, perform, performance, perpetrate, perturbation, pickings, pierce, piffle, pitch, placement, play, play it by ear, play out, playing, playing period, pleasure, plow, ply, point, policy, politeness, politics, pop, portability, pour, power play, practice, prance, precede, precess, precession, preparation, prepare, press, press down, presume, prey, probability, procedure, proceed, produce, progress, prohibition, proof, propagate, propel, prosecute, protection, provision, pull, pull out all the stops, pulse, pump, puncture, pungency, puppet show, pursue, pursuit, push, put, put on, putt, quack, quantum, race, racket, radical, raft, raise, rake, ramp, rampage, rap, re-create, react, realize, reciprocate, recite, recreate, recycle, recycling, reenact, reference, regenerate, relative quantity, relax, release, relocate, repair, repartee, repeat, represent, representation, reproduce, res gestae, resistance, retreat, retrograde, return, reverence, revolution, reward, ribaldry, ride, ring, rise, rival, rock, role, roll, romanticize, round, rout out, run, run off, rush, saltate, sarcasm, satisfice, sauce, scan, scatter, scene, scheme, scramble, scrape, script, search, see, seek, seeking, send, sensory activity, sentimentalise, separate, separation, service, set about, sex change, shank, share, shell, shift, shimmer, shoot, shoot craps, short-circuit, shot, shuffle, shuttle, sift, sightread, sin, single, singsong, sink, ski, slice, slice into, slide, sling, slip, slippage, slither, smash, snap, sneak, snick, snowshoe, solo, space walk, speak, speed, spill, sport, squirt, stage, stage dancing, stampede, station, steamer, step, stir, stooge, strain, stray, strike, striving, struggle, strum, stupefaction, style, sublimation, support, surprise, svoboda, swagger, swap, swash, swell, swim, swing, system, system of measurement, tactic, take, take back, take care, take time by the forelock, takeover attempt, tamper, taxi, test, thing, time interval, time unit, timekeeping, ting, toe, top, topper, toy, track, trail, training, tram, transfer, transformation, transfusion, transgression, transition, translate, translation, transmit, transmutation, transport, travel, travel by, travel plan, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, triple, trundle, try, try for, tug, turn, twang, twiddle, twine, twinkle, undercut, underperform, unseat, unsteadiness, unwind, uproot, upstage, use, vagary, value, vampirism, variation, variety show, verbalization, volley, volume, volunteer, vulgarize, wait, walk, walk around, wanton, warm to, wash, waste, weave, wedge, wend, whang, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, wield, wind, withdraw, woo, woosh, work, works, worship, worst, writing, wrongdoing, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ace, act out, assist, attack, backstop, ball hawking, bandy, bang out, baseball play, basketball play, bat, beat, bet, bet on, bid, bow, bowl, bugle, busk, catch, chord, clarion, complete, completion, confront, cover, cradle, cricket, croquet, curl, curtain raiser, dabble, debut, declare, develop, die, doctor, down, drollery, drum, emote, enact, exit, face off, fencing, fiddle, field, figure, fireman, flirt, folly, football play, footwork, foul, frolic, fullback, fumble, gamble, game, game of chance, golf, grand guignol, harp, hole, hook, horse around, horseplay, house, icing, impersonate, innings, jazz, jocosity, jugglery, knock on, lead, line up, make, mime, miracle play, misplay, modulate, morality play, mousetrap, move, musical, mystery play, obstruction, overact, parody, passion play, pipe, pitch, play, play along, play out, playlet, power play, prelude, promote, pun, put out, putt, quarterback, rag, raise, razzle-dazzle, register, replay, reprise, revoke, riff, roughhouse, ruff, safety blitz, satyr play, see, set, skirl, slack, slur, snooker, sound off, sporting life, start, stooge, stroke, support, swing, symphonize, takeaway, teasing, tee off, teeter-totter, theater of the absurd, throw, tongue, trick, trumpet, tweedle, unblock, underact, underplay, volley, waggery, walk, wiggliness, word play

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: act, actable, acting, actor, bet, better, bettor, bid, caper, dalliance, dramatic, dramatise, dramatist, dramatize, encounter, fiddler, flirting, frolic, gamble, gambol, game, loose, manoeuvre, meet, play, playacting, playactor, player, playing, playlet, recreation, representation, roleplaying, romp, shimmer, shimmery, toy, toying, wager, wagerer, workable

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: informal

Usage Context: business, conversation, descriptive, online

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun, uncountable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検5級

TOEIC600

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Big Hero 6, Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: