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Downplay (to ) conjugation

English
36 examples
This verb can also mean the following: portray as less important, present, deemphasize

Conjugation of downplay

I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Simple
downplay
downplay
downplays
downplay
downplay
downplay
Future Simple
will downplay
will downplay
will downplay
will downplay
will downplay
will downplay
Past Simple
downplayed
downplayed
downplayed
downplayed
downplayed
downplayed
Conditional Simple
would downplay
would downplay
would downplay
would downplay
would downplay
would downplay
I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Progressive
am downplaying
are downplaying
is downplaying
are downplaying
are downplaying
are downplaying
Future Progressive
will be downplaying
will be downplaying
will be downplaying
will be downplaying
will be downplaying
will be downplaying
Past Progressive
was downplaying
were downplaying
was downplaying
were downplaying
were downplaying
were downplaying
Conditional Progressive
would be downplaying
would be downplaying
would be downplaying
would be downplaying
would be downplaying
would be downplaying
I
you
it/she/he
we
you all
they
Present Perfect
have downplayed
have downplayed
has downplayed
have downplayed
have downplayed
have downplayed
Future Perfect
will have downplayed
will have downplayed
will have downplayed
will have downplayed
will have downplayed
will have downplayed
Past Perfect
had downplayed
had downplayed
had downplayed
had downplayed
had downplayed
had downplayed
Conditional Perfect
would have downplayed
would have downplayed
would have downplayed
would have downplayed
would have downplayed
would have downplayed
I
you
it/she/he
we
you
they
Present Perfect Progressive
have been downplaying
have been downplaying
has been downplaying
have been downplaying
have been downplaying
have been downplaying
Future Perfect Progressive
will have been downplaying
will have been downplaying
will have been downplaying
will have been downplaying
will have been downplaying
will have been downplaying
Past Perfect Progressive
had been downplaying
had been downplaying
had been downplaying
had been downplaying
had been downplaying
had been downplaying
Conditional Perfect Progressive
would have been downplaying
would have been downplaying
would have been downplaying
would have been downplaying
would have been downplaying
would have been downplaying

Examples of downplay

Example in EnglishTranslation in English
- Don't downplay it, man.
- Don't downplay it.
- Please downplay them, I said.
- Yeah. And if you could, downplay his friendship with Babish.
-Can we downplay this to the press?
- Don't downplay it, man.
- Don't downplay it.
- Please downplay them, I said.
- Yeah. And if you could, downplay his friendship with Babish.
-Can we downplay this to the press?
- He downplays it, but I just want him to have a place where he fits in.
Okay, we need to focus on a strategy that downplays the violence in this culture.
and yet human beings on this planet It downplays the facts.
- He downplays it, but I just want him to have a place where he fits in.
Okay, we need to focus on a strategy that downplays the violence in this culture.
and yet human beings on this planet It downplays the facts.
And while the networks systematically downplayed the bloodshed, viewers, for the first time in TV history, got glimpses of what war was really like.
As you may know, there've been unusual occurrences. Officially, we've downplayed their significance, but we're concerned these anomalies might pose a credible threat to our national security. These were taken by one of our spy satellites three days ago.
Despite global concern of a potential nuclear catastrophe, the Japanese government downplayed the severity of the situation.
Funny story, I may have downplayed my whole role in the black market thing before.
He downplayed his relationship with the victim.
- They're downplaying it.
Come on. If he was your guy, he'd be downplaying his feelings for Theresa, not wearing them on his sleeve.
Faced with a medium that made current affairs more exciting, newspapers were forced to zhush up their own content, downplaying their comparatively dry news material and adding frothier piffle, which was proudly, and exhaustively, trumpeted in the gaudy adverts of the time.
Hey, nobody's downplaying the loss of human life here, Alfred.
I don't know why I'm downplaying it.
And while the networks systematically downplayed the bloodshed, viewers, for the first time in TV history, got glimpses of what war was really like.
As you may know, there've been unusual occurrences. Officially, we've downplayed their significance, but we're concerned these anomalies might pose a credible threat to our national security. These were taken by one of our spy satellites three days ago.
Despite global concern of a potential nuclear catastrophe, the Japanese government downplayed the severity of the situation.
Funny story, I may have downplayed my whole role in the black market thing before.
He downplayed his relationship with the victim.
- They're downplaying it.
Come on. If he was your guy, he'd be downplaying his feelings for Theresa, not wearing them on his sleeve.
Faced with a medium that made current affairs more exciting, newspapers were forced to zhush up their own content, downplaying their comparatively dry news material and adding frothier piffle, which was proudly, and exhaustively, trumpeted in the gaudy adverts of the time.
Hey, nobody's downplaying the loss of human life here, Alfred.
I don't know why I'm downplaying it.

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