The phrase "and define the play" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need to clarify or explain the meaning or purpose of a play in a literary or theatrical context.
Example: "In our analysis of the script, we need to explore the themes and define the play's central message."
Alternatives: "and clarify the play" or "and explain the play".
The poison pill is now all but ubiquitous and defines the playing field for any takeover contest.
Together our findings clarify the nature of the epigenetic barrier between epiblast and trophoblast cell fates, and define the role played by NuRD-mediated transcriptional silencing in maintaining that barrier.
There are a few rules that define the play.
There's been a striking effort on the part of the world's largest for-profit enterprises to seek out and define the "shared value" playing field, with non-profits and the public sector.
This unique perspective helped them develop a six-step program that begins with recognizing "uh-oh" moments that reveal the reality of changing looks, and goes on to identify the masks used to cover deeper issues and define the role beauty plays in a woman's life, and ends with bidding adieu to old definitions of beauty, so women can enjoy their appearance--at any age!
You get a basic gang of three near-monopolists, with enough market power to drive pricing, and define the games that others must play.
First rule of warfare: you should never allow your enemy to define the playing field or debate agenda, and this is what Democratic cowardism has done.
The beauty of the schoolyard cheered me, with native trees and drought-tolerant plants defining the play areas.
He was describing the culture he would like to build, one that permeates the franchise and defines the way his team plays ball.
Nikola Kodjabashia's live score of atonal piano chords, scraping percussion and whispering echoes has defined the playing space just as much as Ben Ormerod's ravishing lighting from the start.
