ಅರ್ಥ : Represent as less significant or important.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : minimise, minimize, understate
To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.
Tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery.ಅರ್ಥ : Understate the importance or quality of.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
He played down his royal ancestry.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : background, play down
Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.
The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics.