game
- noun
- /ɡeɪm/
- This is the best game in town.
- a football game
- win the game
- a basketball game
How do you feel like the game has changed from now?
- How do you feel like the game has changed from now?
- OK, next one, let's have a game of basketball again.
- I'm going to one of her games in August.
- And you know, I lost that game, but I, I won that day.
- Harry and Cams saw the game but not the quotes.
- I mean, the only official game we've had, I won.
- They they did actually win the game at least once.
- Well, it's a hazard of the game Round six.
Examples
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But you said I could stay and watch the next game with my friends.
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And as a reward for winning the game, you get to sing.
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OK, you join us now for a game of what happened next.
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After that game he said, oh, good game Mike, right.
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How do you feel like the game has changed from now?
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And then the best, the best part of this game is online play.
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Here, no matter how we play, the game ends in three moves.
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OK, next one, let's have a game of basketball again.
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"I made 17 points in that game," Suter says with a laugh.
Academic text (2011) -
The team celebrated their victory after winning the final game of the tournament.
Synonyms
A game in which two teams or players compete
An event where people or teams compete to win
A set of visits to check people or places
One part of a match, for example in tennis
A contest where athletes compete in sports such as running or jumping
A competition where people or teams compete in sports
A sport or contest that involves physical activity and skill
A part of a game when play happens for a set time
A set time in a game or match when the action continues
Idioms
Compounds
A match where two teams try to score points by moving a ball into the other team's goal
A match between two teams of five players to score by throwing a ball through a high hoop
A game played with playing cards, for example poker, that often needs skill or luck
- UK
Two teams play on ice using sticks to move a small puck into the other team's goal
- Jargon
A series of plays in American football that move the ball by throwing to teammates
- Informal
People or groups say others caused a problem to avoid taking responsibility
A sport on a large outdoor course where players use clubs to hit a small ball into holes
- Specialized
A baseball game where the pitcher allows no player from the other team to reach base
A sports match played for practice or fun that does not count in official results
- Informal
A situation where people wait to see what others do to gain an advantage
A board game for two players who move pieces to trap the other player's king so it cannot move
A game where two teams use their hands to hit a ball over a net to land on opponents' side
A cheating street game where someone hides an object under cups and makes people guess where it is
- Jargon
A hockey penalty that removes a player for the rest of the game while the team may replace them
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Game as a part of a match comes from the same old word gamen for 'play'; a game is simply one unit of play in a larger contest. So in tennis a game is one segment of the match.