Meaning

12 senses
  1. One that plays.

    One who plays any game or sport.

    He is a player for the Australian team.

    Spieler, Spielerin

    игро́кigrók, игра́ющийigrájuščij, игра́ющаяigrájuščaja

    граве́цьhravécʹ, грачhrač, грецьhrecʹ

    someone who plays a music as a profession

  2. An actor in a dramatic play.

    Schauspieler, Spieler

    актёрaktjór, актри́саaktrísa, арти́стartíst

  3. One who plays on a musical instrument.

    Spieler

    музыка́нтmuzykánt, исполни́тельispolnítelʹ

  4. A gamer; a person of video games or similar.

    He is an avid Minecraft player.

    Spieler, Gamer

  5. A gambler.

  6. (historical)A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.

    Vorsetzer

  7. An electronic device that plays audio or video media.

    Is your CD player broken, or is this one disc damaged?

    Spieler, Abspieler, Abspielgerät

    пле́ерpléjer, прои́грывательproígryvatelʹ

    пле́єрpléjer, програва́чprohraváč

  8. A software application that plays audio or video media, such as a media player.

    Player, Spieler

    прои́грывательproígryvatelʹ, пле́ерpléjer

    пле́єрpléjer

  9. One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.

    Spielkind

    безде́льникbezdélʹnik, лентя́йlentjáj

  10. A participant; one involved in something.

    He thought he could become a player, at least at the state level.

    a major player in the direct banking sector

    Player, Akteur

  11. A participant; one involved in something.

    One who participates in a particular type of sexual play.

    a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

  12. (informal)A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.

    Spieler, Aufreißer, Frauenheld

    игро́кigrók, ба́бникbábnik, кобе́льkobélʹ

    граве́цьhravécʹ

    a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously

Examples

1523 sentences
  1. He is a good tennis player.

    Він хороший тенісист.

    ruОн хороший теннисист.

    deEr ist ein guter Tennisspieler.

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  2. He may become a baseball player.

    Він, мабуть, стане бейсболістом.

    ruОн, может быть, станет бейсболистом.

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  3. He is a famous baseball player.

    Він знаменитий бейсболіст.

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  4. She is a good tennis player.

    Вона добре грає в теніс.

    ruОна хорошо играет в теннис.

    deSie ist eine gute Tennisspielerin.

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  5. Tom is an excellent cricket player.

    Том — добрий гравець у крикет.

    ruТом — отличный игрок в крикет.

    deTom ist ein hervorragender Kricketspieler.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
one who plays any game or sport:
electronic device:
Русский
By meaning 6
one who plays any game or sport:
dramatic actor:
one who plays a musical instrument:
electronic device:
one without serious aims:
person "playing the field":
Deutsch
By meaning 8
one who plays any game or sport:
dramatic actor:
video games: gamer, gamester — see also gamer, gamester:
mechanism that actuates a player piano or similar:
electronic device:
one without serious aims:
participant:
person "playing the field":

Origin

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.

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Forms

plural: players
Singularplayer
Pluralplayers

regular

Synonyms

29 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

76 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • chess player
  • good chess player
  • tennis player
  • best best player
  • better chess player
  • chess player than
  • basketball player
  • baseball player
  • good tennis player
  • bass player
  • best player on
  • good banjo player

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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