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# player

«player» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who plays a game or a sport** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (player, players)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A player is a person who plays a game or a sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#m1)

2) A player is a person who plays music on an instrument: a piano player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#m2)

3) A player is a machine that plays music or videos: a CD player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: people on a team counted; points scored by players; teams × players per team. In sport and PE: teams have set numbers of players (11 in soccer, 5 in basketball, 15 in rugby union, 9 in baseball). In everyday life: video game players. In stories: a star player wins the game.

### examples

- A team has 11 players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x1)
- Each player scored 3 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x2)
- There are 4 teams of 5 players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x3)
- How many players are on the field? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x4)
- She is the best player on the netball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x5)
- A basketball team has five players on the court. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x6)
- The game needs two to four players. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x7)
- He is a great guitar player. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x8)
- Every player shook hands after the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/#x9)

### note

A thing counted; «each player» gives a rate. Teams × players per team = total. Trap: some players may be on the bench. Hidden numbers: soccer 11, basketball 5, baseball 9, netball 7, rugby union 15. Good players play fair and follow the rules.

### In the corpora

- [Computer players in games are AI opponents, usually with difficulty levels that people set.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/19-ai-in-one-ordinary-day/11/)
- [Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/15/)
- [Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/1-music-lessons-and-the-recorder/6/)
- [Brass players buzz their lips into the mouthpiece; blowing without buzzing gives just a hiss.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/8/)
- [The didgeridoo comes from Aboriginal Australians of northern Australia, traditionally made from a branch hollowed by termites; skilled players use circular breathing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «player» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/player/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.