v00513492
| type | v |
| lex_filenum | 30 |
| def | understate the importance or quality of |
| examples | he played down his royal ancestry |
| Frame - 8 | Somebody ----s something |
| Frame - 11 | Something ----s something |
| Outgoing links | |
| Hypernym | stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate |
| Antonym | play down → play up |
| Derivationally related form | background → background |
| Antonym | background → foreground |
| Hyponym | wave off; soft-pedal |
| Incoming links | |
| Derivationally related form | background → background |
| Hypernym | wave off; soft-pedal |
| Antonym | play up → play down |
| Antonym | foreground → background |
| Hyponym | stress, emphasize, emphasise, punctuate, accent, accentuate |
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