- a person who takes part in a game or sport
- a football/tennis/chess player
- top/star players
- a game for four players
- We've lost two key players through injury.
- Celtic have signed four new players.
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysa1, Sports: ball and racket sportsa1- The club was forced to sell their star player.
- The team has drafted some good players in recent years.
- These boots are for the professional rather than for the average player.
- one of the country's top tennis players
- At that time, he was one of the most famous baseball players in America.
- He proved an excellent chess player.
- She's a former international netball player for New Zealand.
- They're both attacking players who've scored 37 of the team's 40 goals this season.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accomplished
- brilliant
- dangerous
- …
- draft
- sign
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- a company or person involved in a particular area of business or politics
- The company has emerged as a major player in the London property market.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- key
- leading
- …
- player in
- (in compounds) a machine for producing the sound or pictures that have been recorded on CDs, etc.
- a DVD/CD player
- (usually in compounds) a person who plays a musical instrument
- a trumpet/bass player
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- accomplished
- gifted
- great
- …
- (old-fashioned) (especially in names) an actor
- Phoenix Players present ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
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