gaming
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- noun
- /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/
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videojuego
- Many children find joy in gaming as a way to connect with friends.
- online gaming
- computer gaming
- video gaming
So without further ado, this is gaming in zero gravity.
- So without further ado, this is gaming in zero gravity.
- That's like saying gaming does or doesn't work.
Examples
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I'm meeting with another firm to talk about new gaming app ideas on Friday.
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To encourage exploration, a variety of hardware, operating systems, gaming platforms, and tablets were provisioned.
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I wanted to take the gaming world and I wanted to push it.
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Be a part of gaming history!
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This is a regular, old gaming console.
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Over the last two decades, the topic of gender and computer gaming has generated much research interest.
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Computer confidence based on gaming experience can also affect girls' success in problem solving.
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Although much has been learned, research into girls and gaming is in a fledgling state.
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Few studies have been done on relationships between adolescent online gaming and life satisfaction.
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In Mann's experience, good gaming helps convince kids of their academic potential.
Academic text (2007)
Antonyms
Compounds
- Texting
A character a person plays as in video games that is different from their real life
Surface Forms
Morphology
gaming = game (transparent) = game + ing
This is a regular activity noun built from 'game' + '-ing', and the meaning is easy to recover from the base word.
Etymology
Gaming comes from the same old word game, meaning 'play' or 'fun', and today it usually means playing video or computer games, a modern form of 'play' on screens.