Complete Definition of "downplay"

English

Etymology
Compound of down + play.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-downplay.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb

  1. To deemphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential.

#:He would sometimes downplay his w:Princeton_University|Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.

Translations
trans-top|to deemphasize; to present or portray something as less important or consequential
German: herunterspielen
trans-mid
trans-bottom

zh:downplay

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