Play most commonly refers to: *

Play (activity) Play is a range of intrinsically motivated activities done for recreational pleasure and enjoyment. Play is commonly associated with children and juvenile-level activities, but may be engaged in at any life stage, and among other higher-functio ...

, an activity done for enjoyment *

Play (theatre) A play is a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters and intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. The writer of a play is called a playwright. Plays are performed at a variety of levels, fr ...

, a work of drama Play may refer also to:

Computers and technology

* Google Play, a digital content service *

Play Framework Play Framework is an open-source software, open-source web application framework which follows the model–view–controller (MVC) architectural pattern (computer science), architectural pattern. It is written in Scala (programming language), Sc ...

, a Java framework * Play Mobile, a Polish internet provider * Xperia Play, an Android phone *

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(formerly Play.com), an online retailer * Backlash (engineering), or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement * Petroleum play, oil fields with same geological circumstances * Play symbol, in media control devices

Film

* Play (2005 film), ''Play'' (2005 film), Chilean film directed by Alicia Scherson * ''Play'', a 2009 short film directed by David Kaplan (filmmaker), David Kaplan * Play (2011 film), ''Play'' (2011 film), a Swedish film directed by Ruben Östlund * Rush (2012 film), ''Rush'' (2012 film), an Indian film earlier titled ''Play'' and also known as ''Raftaar 24 x 7'' * The Play (film), ''The Play'' (film), a 2013 Bengali film

Literature and publications

* Play (play), ''Play'' (play), written by Samuel Beckett * Play (The New York Times), ''Play'' (''The New York Times''), a sports magazine * Play (UK magazine), ''Play'' (UK magazine), a UK PlayStation magazine * Play (US magazine), ''Play'' (US magazine), a US video game magazine * Play (PRC magazine), ''Play'' (PRC magazine), PC gaming magazine, China

Music

Classical music

* Play (composition), ''Play'' (composition), a 2013 symphony by Andrew Norman * ''Play! A Video Game Symphony''

Artists and bands

* Christopher "Play" Martin * Play (Swedish group) * Play (Mexican band)

Albums

* Play (Akdong Musician album), ''Play'' (Akdong Musician album), 2014 * Play (Bond album), ''Play'' (Bond album) * Play (Brad Paisley album), ''Play'' (Brad Paisley album) * Play (Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin album), ''Play'' (Chick Corea and Bobby McFerrin album), 1992 * Play (David Ball album), ''Play'' (David Ball album) * Play (Doug E. Fresh album), ''Play'' (Doug E. Fresh album) * Play (Great Big Sea album), ''Play'' (Great Big Sea album), 1997 * Play (Joanna MacGregor album), ''Play'' (Joanna MacGregor album), 2002 * Play (Jolin Tsai album), ''Play'' (Jolin Tsai album), 2014 * Play (Magazine album), ''Play'' (Magazine album), 1980 * Play (Masaki Suda album), ''Play'' (Masaki Suda album), 2018 * Play (Mike Stern album), ''Play'' (Mike Stern album), 1999 * Play (Moby album), ''Play'' (Moby album), 1999 * Play (Namie Amuro album), ''Play'' (Namie Amuro album), 2007 * Play (Peter Gabriel video album), ''Play'' (Peter Gabriel video album) * Play (Play album), ''Play'' (Play album), by the Swedish group * Play (S.H.E album), ''Play'' (S.H.E album) * Play (Squeeze album), ''Play'' (Squeeze album), 1991 * Play (Super Junior album), ''Play'' (Super Junior album), 2017 * Play (EP), ''Play'' (EP), by Ride * Play (Ricky Martin EP), ''Play'' (Ricky Martin EP), 2022 * ''Play (The Surfaris album), ''Play'' (The Surfaris album)'', by The Surfaris, 1963 * ''Play'', by Pedro Suárez-Vértiz, 2004 * ''Plays'', by Andy Dixon * ''Plays'', by Ekkehard Ehlers, 2002

Songs

* Play (Chungha song), "Play" (Chungha song), 2020 * Play (David Banner song), "Play" (David Banner song), 2005 * Play (Jax Jones and Years & Years song), "Play" (Jax Jones and Years & Years song), 2018 * Play (Jennifer Lopez song), "Play" (Jennifer Lopez song), 2001 * Play (Jessie J song), "Play" (Jessie J song), 2018 * Play (Jüri Pootsmann song), "Play" (Jüri Pootsmann song), 2016 * Play (K-391, Alan Walker and Martin Tungevaag song), "Play" (K-391, Alan Walker and Martin Tungevaag song), 2019 * Play (Robyn song), "Play" (Robyn song), 1999 * Play (Yuju song), "Play" (Yuju song), 2022 * "Play", by Band-Maid from ''World Domination (Band-Maid album), World Domination'' * "Play", by Jolin Tsai from ''Play (Jolin Tsai album), Play'' * "Play", by Sekai No Owari from ''Tree (Sekai no Owari album), Tree'' * "Play", by Taio Cruz from ''TY.O'' * "Play", by SS501 * "Play", by Dave Grohl * "Play", by Todrick Hall featuring Jade Novah from ''Forbidden (Todrick Hall album), Forbidden'' * The Play, suite from Elvis Costello composition Il Sogno

Awards

* PLAY - Prémios da Música Portuguesa

Games and sports

* Gameplay * Play from scrimmage in American and Canadian football * The Play (American football), a famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears to beat the Stanford Cardinal in 1982

Television

* Play (TV series), ''Play'' (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series * Play UK, a defunct UKTV channel * Television play *''The Play'', 2011 episode of the TV series ''The Middle (TV series), The Middle'' *''The Play'', 1993 episode of the TV series ''List of Matlock episodes#Season 8 (1993–94), Matlock'' *''The Play'', 1968 episode of the TV series ''Mission: Impossible (season 3), Mission: Impossible'' *''The Play'', 1986 episode of the TV series ''List of Mr. Belvedere episodes#Season 2 (1985–86), Mr. Belvedere'' *''The Play'', 2005 episode of the TV series ''List of Zoey 101 episodes#Season 1 (2005), Zoey 101''

Video games

* Play, The Videogames World, European exhibition * ''Wii Play'', a 2006 video game

Other uses

* PLAY (airline), an Icelandic airline * Play (Jonker), ''Play'' (Jonker), a 2002 sculpture * Play (BDSM), "kinky" activities * Play!, a planned Epcot pavilion * Play 99.6 (radio), Jordan * Dave & Buster's, NYSE symbol * Word play