Used in a Sentence

played

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for played.

Editorial note

The pTrumpet is at least as good as typical student horns I've played.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(of games) engaged in

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of played gathered in one view.

adjective

(of games) engaged in

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for played.

adjective

(of games) engaged in

Example sentences

1

The pTrumpet is at least as good as typical student horns I've played.

2

Avoiding notation also means that it's just all been a show, and there's no real take away except that, well, this guy played with beads an counted things.

3

Limit the supply based on skills/qualifications, not who your Daddy played golf with (as it often happens in blue-blood law firms).

4

So they ended up playing a lot of songs they wouldn't have otherwise, and accidentally played an eclectic mix of music.

5

No one taught me, I played with them until I learned, and back then there was no internet.

6

I played on a plastic bassoon for the first year, and they do not sound good at all.

7

I played bassoon for years and would love to play bassoon now that I am not in school.

8

And also don't want to think that you've been played for four years.

9

I suppose that HitchBOT has played out half of the anti-hitchhiking narrative - hitchhiker as victim.

10

During the time his rival Liu Shaoqi became the chairman, who played with the idea of market economy and was warming up to the west.

11

But it's the same type of argument: back when there were no open world games, the author played one called Zelda and really liked it.

12

The story goes that musicians were shocked by the line Stravinsky wrote, saying it sounded like it was meant to be played on a saxaphone.

Quote examples

1

Just a personal observation, the instruments that are typically identified as "endangered," are all ridiculously hard to learn as an adult, even if you've played another instrument.

2

I'm pretty sure the old typewriter I played with as a child didn't have a "shift" key for that but a toggle switch of some sort.

3

The WaPo article is 35MB now, and they just played a little "dink" sound, I'm guessing to try to catch my attention and get me to come back to...

4

That one's included in the article, bottom of page 1 called "Flash forward"[0] > someone figured out if you played the games in an odd, and very specific order, the flash memory would sort of work.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use played in a sentence?

The pTrumpet is at least as good as typical student horns I've played.

What does played mean?

(of games) engaged in

What part of speech is played?

played is commonly used as adjective.