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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
downplay
1. represent as less significant or important
• Syn:
understate, minimize, minimise
• Ant:
overstate (for: understate)
• Derivationally related forms:
minimisation (for: minimise), minimum (for: minimise), minimization (for: minimize), minimum (for: minimize), understatement (for: understate)
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
trivialize, trivialise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. understate the importance or quality of
- he played down his royal ancestry
• Syn:
background, play down
• Ant:
play up (for: play down), foreground (for: background)
• Derivationally related forms:
background (for: background)
• Hypernyms:
stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate
• Hyponyms:
wave off, soft-pedal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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