basketball game
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl ɡeɪm/
- Who would've thought that playing a basketball game on the ocean in 40-degree weather could cause condensation on a wood floor?
Examples
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To think that this was the only basketball game this year and 2K13 still put out such a great game is amazing.
Blog text (17) -
" Basketball game."
Fiction book (1998) -
I'm helping my friends in their basketball game.
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No, it looks like we're in some kinda computer-generated basketball game.
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My brother loves playing the basketball game NBA 2K because it feels so realistic.
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She spent the whole afternoon practicing her skills in the new basketball game on her console.
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After school, my friends and I often gather to have fun with a multiplayer basketball game on our tablets.
Synonyms
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1.0
An activity with rules that people play for fun or competition
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1.0
A game you play by controlling pictures on a screen
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'basketball' specifies the type of 'game', so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it as a game involving basketball (whether played on court or simulated). The video-game nuance is a contextual extension but does not break the transparent, modifier+noun composition which is cross-linguistically common.
Etymology
Basketball game for a screen or console comes from the same picture: a digital version of moving players to put a ball into a basket on your device. So the phrase means 'a video game' that copies the sport.