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- DictionaryPlay/plā/
verb
- 1. engage in activity for enjoyment and recreation rather than a serious or practical purpose: "the children were playing outside"
- 2. take part in (a sport): "I play softball and tennis"
noun
- 1. activity engaged in for enjoyment and recreation, especially by children: "a child at play may use a stick as an airplane"
- 2. the conducting of an athletic match or contest: "rain interrupted the second day's play"
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[intransitive] play (to somebody) (of a play or show) to be performed A production of ‘Carmen’ was playing to packed houses. [transitive] play something ( of a band, theatre company, etc. ) to give a performance in a particular place
A1. to take part in a sport or game: You play tennis, don't you Sam? We often used to play cards. I used to play netball for my school. I'm playing Tony (= playing against Tony) at squash tonight. Two of the team weren't playing because they were injured. Barcelona are playing against Real Madrid tonight. Fewer examples.
- How I (and Many Other Researchers) Define Play
- How Young Children Identify An Activity as Play Or Not Play
- Play-Based Learning Programs Are Often Not Play
I concluded that play is best understood as an activity that is: 1. (a) freely chosen and directed by the players), 2. (b) intrinsically motivated (conducted for its own sake rather than some reward outside of itself), 3. (c) structured by rules within the player’s mind, 4. (d) always creative and usually imaginative, and 5. (e) conducted in an act...
I’ve been wondering how kids themselves, especially young ones, define play. It turns out that there have been quite a few research studies in which young children—usually in preschool or kindergarten—are asked in various ways to distinguish between play and not play. In a review of 12 such studies, Natasha Goodhall and Cathy Atkinson (2019) conclu...
Unfortunately, many educationspecialists who have heard that play is good for children’s learning don’t understand what play is. They develop “play-based learning" programs that violate the first defining characteristic of play because they are chosen and set up by the teacher and are more-or-less imposed upon the children rather than freely chosen...
[transitive, intransitive] to be involved in a game; to compete against someone in a game play something to play football/chess/cards, etc. play somebody The Patriots are playing the Steelers tomorrow. play somebody at something Have you played her at squash yet? play for somebody He plays for Cleveland. play against somebody The Patriots are pl...
d) [ transitive] to hit a ball in a particular way or to a particular place in a game or sport She played the ball low, just over the net. 3 music [ intransitive, transitive] to perform a piece of music on a musical instrument He’s learning to play the piano. She played a Bach prelude. Haden has played with many jazz greats.
An activity can be characterized as play, or described as playful, to the degree that it contains the characteristics listed here: Play is activity that is (1) self-chosen and self-directed; (2) intrinsically motivated; (3) guided by mental rules; (4) imaginative; and (5) conducted in an active, alert, but relatively non-stressed frame of mind.
Play is a range of intrinsically motivated activities done for recreational pleasure and enjoyment. Play is commonly associated with children and juvenile-level activities, but may be engaged in at any life stage, and among other higher-functioning animals as well, most notably mammals and birds.