noun
Meaning 1
Tactics used to magnify power or influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
power play
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noun
Meaning 2
A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention.
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noun
Meaning 3
A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: man advantage
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 5
A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 6
(ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the team was unable to capitalize on the power play
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: play
noun
Meaning 7
a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they used a power play to return the kickoff
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Broader terms: football play
noun
Meaning 8
an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: squeeze play, squeeze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: valtapeli — tactics
- German: Machtspiel — tactics
- Hungarian: hatalmi játszma — tactics
- Bulgarian: действие от позиция на силата (dejstvie ot pozicija na silata) — strategy or maneuver
- Finnish: valtapeli — strategy or maneuver
- Hungarian: hatalmi játszma — strategy or maneuver
- Bulgarian: числено превъзходство (čisleno prevǎzhodstvo) — ice hockey
- Finnish: ylivoimapeli — ice hockey
- French: supériorité numérique — ice hockey
- Japanese: パワープレー (pawā purē) — ice hockey
- Russian: большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó) — ice hockey
- Swedish: numerärt överläge — ice hockey
- Catalan: superioritat numèrica — sports
- Finnish: ylivoimapeli — sports
- Swedish: numerärt överläge — sports