What part of speech is downplayed?

Downplayed can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. downplayed is a verb, past participle of downplay (infinitive).
  • 2. downplayed is a verb, past simple of downplay (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does downplayed mean?

Definitions

Verb

downplay - represent as less significant or important
downplay - understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"

Examples of downplayed

#   Sentence  
1. verb Not to downplay the situation, but could he be joking?
2. verb If you try to downplay this, I'm going to walk away.
3. verb She often likes to downplay her achievements.
4. verb Laura may be a prodigy, but she is known to downplay her failures.
Sentence  
verb
Not to downplay the situation, but could he be joking?
If you try to downplay this, I'm going to walk away.
She often likes to downplay her achievements.
Laura may be a prodigy, but she is known to downplay her failures.

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