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played to

played to is the simple past and past participle of play to.

Meaning of play to

Verb

play to (third-person singular simple present plays to, present participle playing to, simple past and past participle played to)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see play, to.
    • At the festival, the band played to 20,000 people.
  2. To act in a way most suitable to; to act in a way that best brings out (a quality, condition, etc.).
    • He played to his strengths tonight.
  3. To act in order to gain the attention or admiration of.
    • to play to the crowd

Questions about played to

What is played to the simple past and past participle of?
Played to is the simple past and past participle of play to.

Words near played to in the dictionary

  1. played the something card
  2. played the system
  3. played the wag
  4. played the white man
  5. played through
  6. played to
  7. played to the cheap seats
  8. played to the gallery
  9. played to win
  10. played up
  11. played up Old Gooseberry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: played to (page history and authors); play to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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