Meaning of player in English

player

noun [ C ]

/ˈpleɪ.ər/ us

/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/

player noun [C] (GAME)

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someone who takes part in a game or sport:

Each player takes three cards.

The team has many talented players.

someone who is very involved in an activity or organization:

leading player She was a leading player in the reorganization of the health service.

key player Robinson was a key player in the negotiations.

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He's currently the best defensive player on the team.
That was an impressive performance from such a young tennis player.
A good snooker player takes time deciding which shot to play.
She's the youngest player ever to get through to a semifinal.
Some very high-profile British players have transferred to clubs abroad.

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Competitors & participants in sports & games

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Supporters, members & defenders

player noun [C] (ACTING)

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an actor

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an actor

actorHe is a celebrated Hollywood actor.
actressLet’s take a closer look at this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
playerThey belong to the Littlehampton Players.
thespianIt is a Saturday-morning acting group for budding thespians.
luvvyThe luvvies were out in force for the awards ceremony.

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used in the names of some theatre companies:

the Shakespeare Players

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Cinema & theatre: actors & performers

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player noun [C] (SOUNDS/PICTURES)

a person who plays a musical instrument:

a recorder/piano player

a machine for playing music, sound, or pictures:

a CD/DVD player

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Musicians

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Audio & video equipment

(Definition of player from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

player | American Dictionary

player

noun [ C ]

/ˈpleɪ·ər/

player noun [C] (PRODUCE SOUNDS/PICTURES)

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someone who plays a musical instrument:

a cello/flute player

A player is also a machine:

a CD/record player

player noun [C] (COMPETE)

someone who takes part in a sport or game:

This basketball team has a lot of talented players.

fig. The company is one of the leading players (= organizations taking part) in the deal.

(Definition of player from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

player | Business English

player

noun [ C ]

/ˈpleɪər/ us

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a company, organization, or person that has influence within a particular activity, industry, or type of work:

a player in sth The organization used to be unique; today it is just another player in a cut-throat market.

key/major/important player As chairman of the Finance Committee, she was a key player in the assembly's lengthy budget negotiations.

global/industry player It may take another three to four years before the market stabilizes enough for global players to think about establishing new EU locations.

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market player

team player

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Examples of player

player

Further reference to tools and players is made as the book progresses.

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Indeed, this is a classic book, still owned by many players.

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The process converges to a unique absorbing state in which all players cooperate.

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Journalists were among the key players, encouraging critical debate and public negotiation.

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A set of players, a constant fraction of which are dishonest, are trying to elect a common leader.

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The two players alternately take new edges, one edge per move.

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If a player's type can be made common knowledge, rational egoists would not survive.

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Actual players may want actual not hypothetical compensation to those made use of by trade.

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One interpretation sees the updating as done by real players who repeatedly play against each other.

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Each of the three players is now free to believe that the other two players are correlating their strategy choices.

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Take the three-person game introduced above and suppose the players' beliefs are as specified.

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Hence, it is difficult to explain why players would conceive of the simultaneous move game in sequential terms.

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Second, if a plan exists which is unambiguously in everyone's interest, then the individual players will not hesitate to choose their part of the plan.

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Consider another case involving a soccer team with infinitely many players.

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In this way the equilibrium can be seen to fix the strategies of the players.

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accomplished player

It appears that he began playing clarinet after this move, as by the age of 20 he was considered to be an accomplished player.

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accordion player

But with the institutionalisation of vallenato in the music industry and in festivals, the roles of singer and accordion player were divided between two musicians.

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active player

Isolationism is an extreme form of realism where a country more or less withdraws as an active player from the international arena and passively follows developments there.

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Translations of player

in Chinese (Traditional)

遊戲, 運動員, 遊戲者…

Meaning of player in English

player noun [C] (GAME)

player noun [C] (ACTING)

player noun [C] (SOUNDS/PICTURES)

player | American Dictionary

player noun [C] (PRODUCE SOUNDS/PICTURES)

player noun [C] (COMPETE)

player | Business English

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