Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
downshift
downside
downsize
downslide
downspin
downspout
downstage
downstairs
downstate
downstream
downstroke
downswing
downtempo
downthrow
downtick
downtime
downtown
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

downplay

down·play [ dówn plày ] (past and past participle down·played, present participle down·play·ing, 3rd person present singular down·plays)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
treat something as less important: to make something seem less important, significant, or serious than it really is

Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft