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"Act in a drama"

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4 lettersPronunciation /pleɪ̯/ [pɫ̥eɪ̯ ~ pʰɫeɪ̯]Part of speech verb, nounSorted alpyStarts with PEnds with Y7 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Engage in a game or performance

Word origin

From Middle English pleyen (verb) and Middle English pleye (noun), from Old English plegian and plegan, plagian (“to play, exercise, etc.”), from Proto-West Germanic *plehan (“to care about, be concerned with”) and Proto-West Germanic *plegōn (“to engage, move”), of uncertain origin.

Used in a sentence

  • The children played in the park.
  • A youngster[…]listed some of the things his pet did not do:[…]go on vacation, play in the same way that he did with his friends, and so on.
  • 2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:

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Used as a crossword answer7 curated clues

01Act in a drama4 letters
02Act onstage4 letters
03Children's recess activity4 letters
04Drama onstage4 letters
05Recess activity4 letters
06Theater work4 letters
07Use a game board4 letters

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