game
- noun
- /ɡeɪm/
- The Tuesday meetings began, and the group often played board games or cards after eating their lunch.
- video game
- computer game
- board game
Let's plug in our game stick and find out.
- Let's plug in our game stick and find out.
- And So what they did was they separated their games into two components.
- Write me ACS script of a game where a duck jumps over boxes.
- But if they go out next round, that game's just a DVD.
- I dropped this game Saturday last week.
- The unique game touch a game icon to play.
- I can sense all of your game objects and he didn't get it.
Examples
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Coming out next week is a game called Space Team VR.
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Well, I just came by because I left my passes for the game here last night.
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This is a game and you will play it.
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We are going to play a game of bull or bear.
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How was your card game?
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Some states are certainly ahead of the game, but others are lagging behind.
Academic text (2017) -
Bedrooms are downstairs and I think there's a game room as well.
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So what is this new Eee Tee 2 game you're selling?
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Before the party, I bought a new game to entertain our guests.
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Children love to play a game of charades during family gatherings.
Synonyms
A group of tools and items for a particular purpose
A game you play by controlling pictures on a screen
A game played on a computer for fun or competition
A set of things needed to play a game, like balls or cards
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
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
Game meaning the box or set of things to play with grew from the idea of the activity itself — a game is what you play, and then the word also named the pieces and board. So a board game can mean both the play and the product you buy.