game

See also: -game

game - English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gām, IPA: /ɡeɪm/

Noun

game (countable and uncountable, plural games)

  1. A playful or competitive activity.
    1. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
    2. (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
      • Synonyms: see game
      • Games in the classroom can make learning fun.
    3. (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
    4. (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
      • Synonym: match
      • Sally won the game.
      • They can turn the game around in the second half.
    5. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
    6. The number of points necessary to win a game.
      • In short whist, five points are game.
      • See also: for the win
    7. (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
    8. (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
      • Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.
    9. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
      • Study can help your game of chess.
      • Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.
    10. (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
  2. (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
  3. (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
  4. (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
    • Synonym: line
    • When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
    • He's in the securities game somehow.
  5. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
    • In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
  6. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
  7. (uncountable) wild animals hunted for food.
    • The forest has plenty of game.
  8. (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
    • He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
  9. (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
  10. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
    • Synonyms: scheme, racket
    • You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?

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Descendants

Translations

  • Czech: hra (cs) f
  • Finnish: peli (fi)
  • Haitian Creole: jwèt
  • Middle English: game
  • Polish: gra (pl) f
  • Finnish: peli (fi)
  • Middle English: game
  • Finnish: peli (fi) (mainly with "peli on (~ illative)")
  • Czech: hra (cs) f
  • Finnish: peli (fi)
  • Finnish: ala (fi)

Adjective

game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)

  1. (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
  2. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
  3. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

Translations

Verb

game (third-person singular simple present games, present participle gaming, simple past and past participle gamed)

  1. (intransitive) To gamble.
  2. (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
  3. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
  4. (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

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Adjective

game (comparative more game, superlative most game)

  1. Injured, lame (of a limb).

Anagrams

game - Chinese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Cantonese (Jyutping): gem1

Noun

game

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) game (especially video games and online games) (Classifier: c)

Derived terms

game - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡeːm/
  • Hyphenation: game

Noun

game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)

  1. A video game, an electronic game.

Hyponyms


Verb

game

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gamen
  2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gamen
  3. imperative of gamen

game - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɡaːm(ə)/, /ˈɡam(ə)/, /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/
  • (from OE gomen) IPA: /ˈɡɔːm(ə)/, /ˈɡɔːmən/
  • (Kent) IPA: /ˈɡɛːm(ə)/, /ˈɡɛːmən/

Noun

game (plural games or game)

  1. Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
    1. A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
    2. A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
    3. Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).
    4. An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
  2. Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
    1. An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
    2. Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
  3. The state of being happy or joyful.
  4. Game; wild animals hunted for food.
  5. (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
  6. (rare) Gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
  7. (rare) The reward for winning a game.

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Descendants


Verb

game

  1. Alternative form of gamen

game - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡejm/, /ˈɡej.mi/

Noun

game m (plural games)

  1. (Brazil) electronic game (game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game, a video game or the like)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see game.


Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɐ̃.mi/
  • (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɐ.m(ɨ)/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧me

Verb

game

  1. inflection of gamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

game - Spanish

Noun

game m (plural games)

  1. (tennis) game

game - Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

game n

  1. (tennis) game

Declension

Declension of game 

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of game
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