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Downplay

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Verb

1. downplay, minimise, minimize, understate

represent as less significant or important

2. background, downplay, play down

understate the importance or quality of

Example Sentences:
'he played down his royal ancestry'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Downplay

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verb
(transitive)
to play down; make little of

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Downplay

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verb transitive
to play down; minimize

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Downplay

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tr.v. down·played, down·play·ing, down·plays
To minimize the significance of; play down: downplayed the bad news.

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