player
US /ˈpleɪɚ/
Definition
a person who participates in or is skilled at some game
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The best player on the team received an award at the dinner.
Word Family
Synonyms
- participanta person who takes part in an activity or event
- contestanta person who participates in competitions
- musiciansomeone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession)
Collocations
- Easy good football team playerdescribing good football team player (benefit)
- Medium major global market playerto major global market player, meaning to have as one's principal field of study
- Hard key institutional players in financingto key institutional players in financing, meaning to identify as in botany or biology, for example
- Very Hard consummate power player in the corridors of powerto consummate power player in the corridors of power, meaning to fulfill sexually
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