players
PLAY-urz/ˈpleɪɚz/UKPLAY-uhz/ˈpleɪəz/
- 1Plural of player.
The coach praised her players for their effort during the second half.
Several players from the orchestra rehearsed late into the evening.
Note
A regular plural built on an agent noun: play plus -er, then the ordinary -s. It carries every meaning of the singular at once, so the surrounding words decide which group is meant. A coach's players are athletes, a theater's are actors, an orchestra's are musicians, and at a card table they may be gamblers. When the context is thin, name the field: card players, string players, video-game players.
players is a form of player
player, noun: A person who takes part in a game or sport, including a video game. Full entry
- Forms
- playerplayers plural
- Spelling
- player → players: add -s
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