play along
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cooperate or pretend to cooperate
He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment
Types & categories
- collaborate hypernym
Sense 2 verb
perform an accompaniment to
The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
- musical accompaniment derivation
- accompanist derivation
- music domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | collaborate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | musical accompaniment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | accompanist |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | music |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |