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PLAYED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of games) engaged in
Example:
the loosely played game
Classified under:
Domain category:
game (a contest with rules to determine a winner)
Participle:
play (participate in games or sport)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb play
Context examples:
The part played by somebody or something in bringing about an end or result.
(Contribution, NCI Thesaurus)
“Well played, sweet poppet!” cried the younger.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He had played throughout with a decision which had surprised us at the time.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Terminology relevant to the environment within which the subject may have come into contact with a disease carrier, or played the role of a disease carrier.
(CDISC SDTM Contact Setting Terminology, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A team sport played with a bat and ball by 2 teams of 9 players.
(Baseball, NCI Thesaurus)
He played with them and lost some of his money, but when it struck twelve, everything vanished from his sight.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Further experiments suggested that MCH neurons exclusively played this role during REM sleep.
(The brain may actively forget during dream sleep, National Institutes of Health)
The researchers also monitored brain activity in response to sounds of toneless noises that were designed to match the frequency levels of each tone played.
(Our brains appear uniquely tuned for musical pitch, National Institutes of Health)
The diet itself appears to have played a vital role in this process, as mice that were subjected to a water-only fast didn’t experience the same degree of benefits.
(Fasting-Like Diets May Reverse Gut Inflammation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Observations will help scientists learn more about the origin and evolution of our solar system and the role comets may have played in the formation of planets.
(Final Descent Image from Rosetta Spacecraft, NASA)
