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 Google Play, also known as the Google Play Store and formerly the Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android (operating sys ...

, 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 P4 sp. z o.o., known as Play (until January 2022, also as Play Communications SA, former parent company of P4 registered in Luxembourg), is a Polish cellular telecommunications provider. Play was founded in 2007 and has gradually increased its l ...

, a Polish internet provider *

Xperia Play The Xperia Play is a smartphone with elements of a handheld game console produced by Sony Ericsson. With the marketshare for dedicated handheld game consoles diminishing into the 2010s due to the rapid expansion of smartphones with cheap downloa ...

, an Android phone *

Rakuten.co.uk Rakuten.co.uk is a website owned by Rakuten, that operates as an online marketplace. The website does not sell any products directly, but instead allows third party sellers to sell their products. The website replaced Play.com, which was origin ...

(formerly Play.com), an online retailer *

Backlash (engineering) In mechanical engineering, backlash, sometimes called lash, play, or slop, is a clearance or lost motion in a mechanism caused by gaps between the parts. It can be defined as "the maximum distance or angle through which any part of a mechanical ...

, or ''play'', non-reversible part of movement *

Petroleum play In geology, a petroleum play, or simply a play, is a group of oil fields or prospects in the same region that are controlled by the same set of geological circumstances. The term is widely used in the realm of exploitation of hydrocarbon-based reso ...

, oil fields with same geological circumstances *

Play symbol In digital electronics, analogue electronics and entertainment, the user interface may include media controls or player controls, to enact and change or adjust the process of video playback, audio playback, and alike. These controls are commonl ...

, in media control devices

Film

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

Literature and publications

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

Music

Classical music

* ''Play'' (composition), a 2013 symphony by Andrew Norman * ''

Play! A Video Game Symphony PLAY! A Video Game Symphony was a concert series that featured music from video games performed by a live orchestra. The concerts from 2006 to 2010 were conducted by Arnie Roth. From 2010, Andy Brick took the position of principal conductor and m ...

Artists and bands

Christopher "Play" Martin Christopher Martin (born July 10, 1962) is an American rapper and actor, who is the latter half of the late 1980s/early 1990s hip-hop/comedy duo Kid 'n Play. Career Martin's stage name, Play, is derived from his original MC name, Playboy, which h ...

Play (Swedish group) Play was a Swedish pop girl group. Faye Hamlin, Anna Sundstrand, Anaïs Lameche, and Rosie Munter formed Play's original lineup from the band's formation from 2000 until late 2003. After founding member Faye left the group, fifth member Jan ...

Play (Mexican band) Play, also known as Grupo Play, is a teen Mexican band made in 2006 out of teenagers from the reality show for kids Código F.A.M.A. made by the giant company Televisa. There are 7 members in the band and only 6 out of 7 of the band were in a te ...

Albums

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

The Surfaris The Surfaris are an American surf rock band formed in Glendora, California, United States, in 1962. They are best known for two songs that hit the charts in the Los Angeles area, and nationally by May 1963: "Surfer Joe" and " Wipe Out", which ...

, 1963 * ''Play'', by

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz Pedro Suárez-Vértiz Alva (born February 13, 1969) is a Peruvian singer-songwriter, and guitarist. He founded the popular rock band Arena Hash with his brother Patricio, Arturo Pomar and Christian Meier in 1987; a few years later, the band brok ...

, 2004 * ''Plays'', by

Andy Dixon Andy Dixon (born 25 August 1979) is a Canadian artist and musician, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting. Beginning ...

* ''Plays'', by

Ekkehard Ehlers Ekkehard Ehlers (born 1974) is an artist working in the field of electronic music. In addition to his solo career, he has recorded under the monikers Auch, Betrieb and Ferdinand Fehlers and as a member of the duo Autopoesies and his band März. ...

, 2002

Songs

* "Play" (Chungha song), 2020 * "Play" (David Banner song), 2005 * "Play" (Jax Jones and Years & Years song), 2018 * "Play" (Jennifer Lopez song), 2001 * "Play" (Jessie J song), 2018 * "Play" (Jüri Pootsmann song), 2016 * "Play" (K-391, Alan Walker and Martin Tungevaag song), 2019 * "Play" (Robyn song), 1999 * "Play" (Yuju song), 2022 * "Play", by Band-Maid from ''

World Domination World domination (also called global domination or world conquest or cosmocracy) is a hypothetical power structure, either achieved or aspired to, in which a single political authority holds the power over all or virtually all the inhabitants ...

'' * "Play", by Jolin Tsai from ''

Play Play most commonly refers to: * Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment * Play (theatre), a work of drama Play may refer also to: Computers and technology * Google Play, a digital content service * Play Framework, a Java framework * Pla ...

'' * "Play", by Sekai No Owari from ''

Tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

'' * "Play", by Taio Cruz from ''

TY.O ''TY.O'' is the third studio album by British record producer and recording artist Taio Cruz which features special guest appearances from Flo Rida, Pitbull, David Guetta and Ludacris. Taking a more electronic music sound than his previous rele ...

'' * "Play", by

SS501 SS501 is a South Korean boy band consisting of five members: Kim Hyun-joong, Heo Young-saeng, Kim Kyu-jong, Park Jung-min and Kim Hyung-jun. They debuted in 2005 with the EP ''Warning'', which included their first number one song, "Never Again ...

* "Play", by

Dave Grohl David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969) is an American musician. He is the founder of the rock band Foo Fighters, in which he is the lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter. Prior to forming Foo Fighters, he was the drummer of gru ...

* "Play", by Todrick Hall featuring Jade Novah from '' Forbidden'' * The Play, suite from Elvis Costello composition

Il Sogno ''Il Sogno'' is the 20th studio album by Elvis Costello, released in 2004 by Deutsche Grammophon. It is performed by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. It peaked at No. ...

Awards

PLAY - Prémios da Música Portuguesa PLAY - Portuguese Music Awards ( pt: PLAY - Prémios da Música Portuguesa) are annual awards for the Portuguese music scene, sponsored by Vodafone. The first edition took place at Coliseu dos Recreios in Lisbon on 9 April 2019 and was broadca ...

Games and sports

Gameplay Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and pla ...

Play from scrimmage A play from scrimmage is the sequence in the game of gridiron football during which one team tries to advance the ball, get a first Down (gridiron football), down, or score, and the other team tries to stop them or take the ball away. Once a play ...

in American and Canadian football *

The Play (American football) "The Play" was a last-second, game-winning Kickoff (American football), kickoff return for a touchdown that occurred during a college football game between the 1982 Stanford Cardinal football team, Stanford Cardinal and 1982 California Golden B ...

, a famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears to beat the Stanford Cardinal in 1982

Television

* ''Play'' (TV series), a Canadian news magazine series *

Play UK Play UK was a television channel broadcasting in the United Kingdom as part of the UKTV network of channels. Play UK broadcast all day on the digital platforms, but on the Sky Analogue platform on the Astra 19.2°E satellite system it broadcast ...

, a defunct UKTV channel *

Television play A television play is a television programming genre which is a drama performance broadcast from a multi-camera television studio, usually live in the early days of television but later recorded to tape. This is in contrast to a television movi ...

*''The Play'', 2011 episode of the TV series '' The Middle'' *''The Play'', 1993 episode of the TV series '' Matlock'' *''The Play'', 1968 episode of the TV series '' Mission: Impossible'' *''The Play'', 1986 episode of the TV series ''

Mr. Belvedere ''Mr. Belvedere'' is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, to July 8, 1990. The series is based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel ''Belvedere'', which was later ...

'' *''The Play'', 2005 episode of the TV series ''

Zoey 101 ''Zoey 101'' is an American comedy drama television series created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. It aired from January 9, 2005, to May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of Zoey Brooks (Jamie Lynn Spears), her brother Dustin (Paul Butcher (act ...

Video games

Play, The Videogames World Play, The Videogame World was the first European exhibition on videogames. It was held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, one of the main contemporary art museums in Rome - Italy, from 24 April to 10 July 2002. The exhibition was visited by over 50,000 ...

, European exhibition * ''

Wii Play ''Wii Play'' is a party video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. It was released as a launch game for the console in Japan, Europe, and Australia, and was released in North America in February 2007. The game features ...

'', a 2006 video game

Other uses

* PLAY (airline), an Icelandic airline * ''Play'' (Jonker), a 2002 sculpture *

Play (BDSM) Play, within BDSM circles, is any of the wide variety of " kinky" activities. This includes both physical and mental activities, covering a wide range of intensities and levels of social acceptability. The term originated in the BDSM club and par ...

, "kinky" activities *

Play! Play! is a pavilion, which was scheduled to open at Epcot by the spring of 2023. It will be built in the former Wonders of Life pavilion and will be themed like an interactive city in which guests will be able to interact with their favorite Disn ...

, a planned Epcot pavilion *

Play 99.6 (radio) Play 99.5 (99.5 FM) previously known as Play 99.6 is an English-language music radio station in Jordan. Founded in 2004 the station is part of the Modern Media Company. The station plays English songs from around the world using the Top 40 mode ...

, Jordan *

Dave & Buster's Dave & Buster's is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas. Each Dave & Buster's has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. As of October 2022, the company has 151 locations in the United States and two i ...

, NYSE symbol *

Word play Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonet ...