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Definition of 'GAME'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) game
an amusement or pastime: children's games, such as hopscotch and marbles;
a card game.

2.  game
the material or equipment used in playing certain games.

3.  game
a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance and played according to a set of rules for the amusement of the players or spectators.

4.  game
a single occasion of such an activity or a division of one.

5.  game
the number of points required to win a game.

6.  game
the score at a particular stage in a game.

7.  game
a particular manner or style of playing a game.

8.  game
something requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules:
the game of diplomacy.

9.  game
a business or profession:
the real-estate game.

10.  game
a trick or strategy.

11.  game
fun; sport; joke:
That's about enough of your games.

12.  game
wild animals, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit.

13.  game
the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food.

14.  game
any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.:
to be fair game for practical jokers.

15. (adj.) game
pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh.

16.  game
having a fighting spirit; plucky.

17.  game
having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive):
Who's game for a hike through the woods?

18. (v.i.) game
to play games of chance for stakes; gamble.

19. (v.t.) game
to squander in gaming (usu. fol. by away).

20.  game
to manipulate to one's advantage, esp. by trickery; attempt to take advantage of:
gaming the system.

21. (adj.) game
lame:
a game leg.

Etymology: (1780–90; perh. shortening of gammy , though change in vowel unclear)

Definition of 'GAME'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) game
a contest with rules to determine a winner
"you need four people to play this game"

2. (noun) game
a single play of a sport or other contest
"the game lasted two hours"

3. (noun) game
an amusement or pastime
"they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games"

4. (noun) game
animal hunted for food or sport

5. (noun) game
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

6. (noun) game
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
"the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"

7. (noun) game
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

8. (noun) plot, secret plan, game
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

9. (noun) game
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
"the child received several games for his birthday"

10. (noun) game, biz
your occupation or line of work
"he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

11. (adj) game
frivolous or trifling behavior
"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

12. (adj) crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

13. (verb) game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
willing to face danger

14. (verb) bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

Definition of 'GAME'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) game
a fun activity that has rules, or an occasion when one of these is played
a card/computer game; Children learn a lot from playing games.; a game of chess/cards/tag

2. game
a sport, or an occasion when one of these is played
fans of the game of baseball; a game of baseball/soccer/tennis

3. game
wild birds, rabbits, etc, that can be hunted
***deer and other game

Definition of 'GAME'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) GAME
having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky

2. (adj) GAME
of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting

3. (noun) GAME
crooked; lame; as, a game leg

4. (noun) GAME
to rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative

5. (noun) GAME
to play at any sport or diversion

6. (noun) GAME
to play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble

7. (verb) GAME
sport of any kind; jest, frolic

8. (verb) GAME
a contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc

9. (verb) GAME
the use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards

10. (verb) GAME
that which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game

11. (verb) GAME
in some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest

12. (verb) GAME
a scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project

13. (verb) GAME
animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table

Translation of 'GAME'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an enjoyable activity, which eg children play a game of pretending.
Afrikaans: speletjie	Arabic: لُعْبَه للإستِمْتاع	Bulgarian: игра
Brazilian: jogo	Czech: hra	German: das Spiel
Danish: leg	Greek: (παιδικό) παιχνίδι	Spanish: juego
Estonian: mäng	Farsi: بازی	Finnish: leikki
French: jeu	Hebrew: מִשׂחָק	Hindi: खेल
Croatian: igra	Hungarian: játék	Indonesian: permainan
Icelandic: leikur	Italian: gioco	Japanese: 遊戯
Korean: 놀이	Lithuanian: žaidimas	Latvian: spēle; rotaļa
Malay: permainan	Dutch: spel	Norwegian: lek
Polish: zabawa	Persian: بازی	Pashto: لوبه، ترنځه: مسابقه
Portuguese: jogo	Romanian: joc	Russian: игра
Slovak: hra	Slovenian: igra	Serbian: igra
Swedish: lek	Thai: การละเล่น	Turkish: oyun
Taiwanese: 遊戲	Ukrainian: гра	Urdu: کھیل
Vietnamese: trò chơi	Chinese: 游戏
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