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Played has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of play

"She played the piano beautifully at her recital last night, and everyone was amazed by how she had played each piece with such emotion."

In plain English: Played means you did something for fun or as part of a game, sport, or performance.

"The children played in the park all afternoon."

Usage: Use "played" to describe actions that happened in the past or have been completed, such as saying she played soccer yesterday. It serves as both the simple past tense and the past participle for the verb "play."

Adjective
1

(of games) engaged in

"the loosely played game"

Example Sentences
"The children played in the park all afternoon." verb
"She played the piano beautifully for her family." verb
"The children played tag in the park all afternoon." verb
"He played his new card game with friends last night." verb
Related Terms

Origin

Played is the past tense and past participle of play, which entered English from Old French jueler or jouer. The original meaning was to engage in sport, diversion, or acting.

Rhyming Words
yed dyed eyed syed lyed bayed joyed tryed skyed keyed wayed payed rayed toyed sayed buyed layed guyed fayed uneyed
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