"power play" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-power play.wav Forms: power plays [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} power play (plural power plays)
  1. Tactics used to magnify power or influence. Translations (tactics): valtapeli (Finnish), Machtspiel [neuter] (German), hatalmi játszma (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-power_play-en-noun-lX1qlbU- Disambiguation of 'tactics': 89 6 1 3 1
  2. A strategy or maneuver with a similar intention. Translations (strategy or maneuver): действие от позиция на силата (dejstvie ot pozicija na silata) (Bulgarian), valtapeli (Finnish), hatalmi játszma (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-power_play-en-noun-EJ5tVeo4 Disambiguation of 'strategy or maneuver': 14 75 3 4 5
  3. (ice hockey) A situation where a team has a numerical advantage on the ice due to one or more penalties given to the opposing team. Categories (topical): Ice hockey Translations (ice hockey): числено превъзходство (čisleno prevǎzhodstvo) (Bulgarian), ylivoimapeli (Finnish), supériorité numérique [feminine] (French), パワープレー (pawā purē) (Japanese), большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó) [neuter] (Russian), numerärt överläge [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-power_play-en-noun-m8eY9aW- Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports Disambiguation of 'ice hockey': 0 0 100 0 0
  4. (sports) A similar situation in other ball games, such as lacrosse, indoor soccer, rugby, and cricket. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-power_play-en-noun-kI8AkFxu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 2 24 49 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 4 20 47 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 24 46 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 2 24 50 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 9 5 26 36 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 11 7 23 39 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 11 6 22 40 21 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 5 23 39 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 5 22 41 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 20 7 19 35 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 4 23 45 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 4 23 45 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 6 23 39 21 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (curling) A play used to move the stones to the side of the sheet. Categories (topical): Curling Synonyms: powerplay, power-play Derived forms: PP [abbreviation] [sports, hobbies, lifestyle] Related terms: power move
    Sense id: en-power_play-en-noun-X6dIIBq9 Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (sports): superioritat numèrica [feminine] (Catalan), ylivoimapeli (Finnish), numerärt överläge [neuter] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'sports': 0 0 39 28 33

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Alternative forms

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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supériorité numérique"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "pawā purē",
      "sense": "ice hockey",
      "word": "パワープレー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bolʹšinstvó",
      "sense": "ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "большинство́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ice hockey",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "numerärt överläge"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "superioritat numèrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sports",
      "word": "ylivoimapeli"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sports",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "numerärt överläge"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "power play"
  ],
  "word": "power play"
}

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