Play at meaning
Play at is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to imitate a role or activity during make-believe.
- Past simple
- played at
- Past participle
- played at
- -ing form
- playing at
What play at means
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To imitate a role or activity during make-believe
The children played at running a shop.
1 more meaning of play at is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With play: play on, play around, play with, play along, play around with, play back, play off, play someone/something off against someone/something, play out, play up.
With at: get at, come at, go at, put something at something, work at, arrive at, keep at.
Common questions
What does play at mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to imitate a role or activity during make-believe. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of play at?
Played at, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
