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Meaning of playground in English

playground
noun
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/ˈpleɪ.ɡraʊnd/ us
/ˈpleɪ.ɡraʊnd/
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A2 [ C ]
an area designed for children to play in outside, especially at a school or in a park
 
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a place where a particular group of people enjoy themselves:
playground of This area of the coast is the playground of the rich and famous.
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(Definition of playground from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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playground
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈpleɪˌɡrɑʊnd/
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an outside area designed for children to play in
(Definition of playground from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of playground

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Information from the questionnaires revealed that dogs did gain entrance into fenced playgrounds through drainage outlets underneath gate doors, in search of food.
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The three children played in the playgrounds and streets in the quarter after school, often without parental assistance.
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The playgrounds were within schools and residential areas, and their estimated area ranged from 100 m2 to 800 m2, with an average of 284 m2.
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They are present in public and private places including: city backyards, country yards, playgrounds, parks, sandpits, gardens, fields, lake beaches, pavements and streets.
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Affects local recreational facilities, parks, playgrounds, and campsites.
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Safety for children in pub playgrounds.
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The whole cost of improving and repairing playgrounds and playing-fields, including enlargements, falls on the ratepayers.
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She said that mares had foaled in school playgrounds.
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Such a ban should also extend to parks, public gardens, sports and leisure areas, school grounds, children's playgrounds and similar locations.
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Children breathe in polluted air on the way to school, in their classrooms and in the playgrounds.
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Why do not they insist in their plans that there must be children's playgrounds?
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Playgrounds should not remain open when schools are closed.
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We have heard of two incidents in playgrounds where dogs were said to have attacked first a child and then a teacher.
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I have also received many complaints from parents and grandparents about syringes and needles being found in school playgrounds.
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The gates have to be left open because of other users and the playgrounds are said to be dangerous for this reason.
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Translations of playground

in Chinese (Traditional)
（尤指學校裡的）操場，遊樂場, 娛樂場所…
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（尤指学校里的）操场，游乐场, 娱乐场所…
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parque infantil, paraíso, patio de recreo…
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pátio de recreio, parquinho [masculine], playground [masculine]…
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खेळाचे मैदान…
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遊び場, 遊（あそ）び場（ば）, 行楽地（こうらくち）…
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oyun sahası, çocuk bahçesi, oyun alanı/bahçesi…
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terrain [masculine] de jeu, cour de récréation…
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pati (d’una escola), parc infantil…
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speelplaats, speeltuin…
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குழந்தைகள் வெளியில், குறிப்பாக ஒரு பள்ளியில் அல்லது பூங்காவில் விளையாட வடிவமைக்கப்பட்ட ஒரு பகுதி…
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(स्कूल या पार्क में बच्चों के खेलने हेतु) खेल का मैदान, क्रीड़ांगन…
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રમતનું મેદાન…
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legeplads…
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lekplats, skolgård…
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taman permainan…
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der Spielplatz…
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lekeplass [masculine], tumleplass [masculine], lekeplass…
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کھیل کا میدان…
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майданчик для гри…
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ఆటస్థలం…
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খেলার মাঠ…
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dětské hřiště…
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lapangan main…
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sân chơi…
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plac zabaw, boisko (szkolne ), boisko…
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놀이터, 유원지…
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cortile, cortile (per la ricreazione)…
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