game
See also: -game
game - English
Pronunciation
- enPR: gām, IPA: /ɡeɪm/
Noun
game (countable and uncountable, plural games)
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (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.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- Synonym: match
- Sally won the game.
- They can turn the game around in the second half.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- In short whist, five points are game.
- See also: for the win
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (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.
- 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.
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
- (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (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.
- (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.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- Synonym: wargame
- (uncountable) wild animals hunted for food.
- The forest has plenty of game.
- (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.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
Derived terms
- 163rd game
- A-game
- acorn game
- adventure game
- after-game
- A game
- ahead of the game
- all fun and games
- alternate reality game
- arcade game
- art game
- artillery game
- as game as Ned Kelly
- at the top of one's game
- away game
- back-seat game
- back in the game
- badger game
- ball game
- banking game
- beat someone at their own game
- beautiful game
- beer and pretzels game
- be game
- big game
- black game
- blame game
- blow this for a game of soldiers
- board game
- bowl game
- cannon game
- card game
- cash game
- casual game
- cat's game
- change the game
- circle game
- clapping game
- clicker game
- cocktail game
- complete game
- computer game
- confidence game
- con game
- cooperative game
- Cornish game hen
- counting-out game
- crunch game
- crying game
- dance game
- dice game
- door game
- doujin game
- dress-up game
- drinking game
- end-game
- endgame
- end game
- end of the ballgame, end of the ball game
- exhibition game
- expectations game
- extensive form game
- fair game
- field game
- fighting game
- fuck this for a game of soldiers
- game, set, match
- game-changer
- game-changing
- game-goer
- game-head
- game-over
- game-play
- game-theoretical
- game-time decision
- game-winner
- game as Ned Kelly
- game bag
- game ball
- game bird
- game board
- game camera
- game chair
- game changer
- game clock
- game club
- gamecock
- game console
- game controller
- game day
- game drive
- game engine
- game face
- game fish
- game for a laugh
- game keeper
- game laws
- gamely
- game manager
- game master
- game mastering
- game of chance
- game of gotcha
- game of luck
- game of skill
- game of strategy
- game of two halves
- game on
- game out
- game over
- game park
- game plan
- gameplay
- game point
- game port
- gamer
- game rage
- game reserve
- game room
- game room, games room
- game score
- game set
- game sheet
- game show
- gamesmanship
- game studies
- game theorist
- game theory
- game warden
- game with a purpose
- gamey
- gamy
- German game
- give the game away
- god game
- good game
- grab game
- ground game
- guessing game
- hand game
- have fun and games
- head-game
- head game
- home game
- idle game
- in-game
- in-game currency
- incremental game
- in the game
- iron game
- killer game
- knife game
- language game
- late in the game
- launch game
- lift one's game
- long game
- lookers-on see most of the game
- love game
- make game of
- massively multiplayer online game
- massively multiplayer online role-playing game
- mathematical game
- May game
- Mazur game
- mechanical game
- metagame
- metagaming
- middle game
- mind game
- mini-game
- mobile game
- mug's game
- Murphy game
- music game
- name of the game
- new game +
- new game plus
- new to the game
- nomination game
- normal form game
- Northcott's game
- number game
- numbers game
- off one's game
- old army game
- only game in town
- on one's game
- on the game
- on top of one's game
- open game
- otome game
- panel game
- parity game
- parlor-game
- parlor game
- parlour-game
- parlour game
- party game
- Penney's game
- perfect game
- pervasive game
- philosopher's game
- pick-up game
- pinch of the game
- pitch game
- platform game
- play a double game
- play games
- play someone at their own game
- play the game
- play the pronoun game
- Ponzi game
- post game
- pre-game
- redemption game
- reindeer games
- rhythm game
- ring game
- road game
- roaring game
- role-playing game
- role-playing video game
- roleplaying game
- role playing game
- round game
- rules of the game
- run game
- run game on
- sandbox game
- saved game
- screw this for a game of soldiers
- semi-closed game
- semi-open game
- service game
- shell game
- Sir Philip Sidney game
- skin in the game
- small game
- sod that for a game of soldiers
- sod this for a game of soldiers
- stage of the game
- stealth game
- step up one's game
- strategy game
- strongman game
- survival game
- tabletop game
- take-that game
- take the game to
- talk a good game
- team game
- the game is not worth the candle
- the game is up
- TV game
- twitch game
- two can play at that game
- two can play at this game
- two can play that game
- two can play this game
- ultimatum game
- up one's game
- vantage game
- video arcade game
- video game
- video game console
- waiting game
- wall game
- war game
- whole new ball game
- wide game
- word game
- zero-sum game, zero sum game
Descendants
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Adjective
game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)
- (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
- Synonyms: sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant
- Antonyms: cautious, disinclined
- (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
- 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)
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (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.
- We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
game (comparative more game, superlative most game)
- Injured, lame (of a limb).
Anagrams
game - Chinese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gem1
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gem1
- Yale: colloquial sounds not defined
- Cantonese Pinyin: gem1
- Guangdong Romanization: gém1
- Sinological IPA : /kɛːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
game
Derived terms
game - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡeːm/
- Hyphenation: game
Noun
game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)
- A video game, an electronic game.
Hyponyms
Related terms
Verb
game
- first-person singular present indicative of gamen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gamen
- 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)
- Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
- A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
- A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
- Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).
- An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
- Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
- An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
- Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
- The state of being happy or joyful.
- Game; wild animals hunted for food.
- (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
- (rare) Gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
- (rare) The reward for winning a game.
Derived terms
Descendants
Verb
game
- Alternative form of gamen
game - Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡejm/, /ˈɡej.mi/
Noun
game m (plural games)
- (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/
- (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɐ̃.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡɐ.me/
- (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡɐ.m(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: ga‧me
Verb
game
- inflection of gamar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
game - Spanish
Noun
game m (plural games)
game - Swedish
Pronunciation
- Homophone: gem
Noun
game n
Declension
Declension of game | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | game | gamet | game | gamen |
Genitive | games | gamets | games | gamens |