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byplay

by-play
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bahy-pley]
    • /ˈbaɪˌpleɪ/
    • /ˈbaɪ.pleɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bahy-pley]
    • /ˈbaɪˌpleɪ/

Definitions of byplay word

  • noun byplay action, gestures, etc. going on aside from the main action or conversation, as in a play 3
  • noun byplay an action or speech carried on to the side while the main action proceeds, especially on the stage. 1
  • noun byplay (theater) Any action, carried out onstage during a performance, apart from the main action. 0

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Origin of byplay

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15

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Parts of speech for Byplay

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

byplay popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

byplay usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for byplay

noun byplay

  • accomplishment — An accomplishment is something remarkable that has been done or achieved.
  • reality — the state or quality of being real.
  • adventure — If someone has an adventure, they become involved in an unusual, exciting, and rather dangerous journey or series of events.
  • truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
  • act — When you act, you do something for a particular purpose.

Antonyms for byplay

noun byplay

  • inaction — absence of action; idleness.
  • inactivity — not active: an inactive volcano.
  • inertia — inertness, especially with regard to effort, motion, action, and the like; inactivity; sluggishness.
  • lieJonas, 1880–1940, U.S. painter, born in Norway.
  • cessation — The cessation of something is the stopping of it.

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