Collocations for "player"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "player" in context.
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player
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [football, soccer, tennis, basketball, baseball], sports player
- [an attacking, a defensive, an infield an outfield, a midfield] player
- a [Barcelona, Manchester United] player
- a [50 million] dollar player
- a [new, loan, draft] player
- a [poker, card, bridge, chess] player
- the [best, most expensive, top-scoring] player in [Europe, the world]
- a [record, CD, music, video, media, DVD] player
- a [horn, piano, harp, guitar, keyboard] player
- a [major, big] player in the [market, sector, government]
- the player was [injured, banned, benched, substituted, fined, transferred]
- the players [surrounded, berated, abused] the referee
- the players [lined, warmed] up
- the players in [red, stripes, blue]
- a player in the [first division, premier league, eastern conference]
- player [earnings, winnings, performance, statistics, analysis]
'player' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ace
- agent
- aggressive
- already
- analysis
- angle
- arrogant
- assertive
- assured
- atmosphere
- aware
- awareness
- awkward
- bad
- badass
- barren
- baseball
- basketball
- bass
- bat
- best
- blight
- born
- bound
- buffer
- cap
- capability
- card
- career
- carry
- caution
- chalk
- champion
- charge
- cheer
- chop
- clean
- clear
- clumsy
- clutch
- coach
- cocky
- coming
- competitive
- concussion
- confident
- consistent
- control
- controversial
- cricket