computer game
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2.0
- noun
- /kəmˈpjuːtər ɡeɪm/
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videojuego
- I enjoy playing computer games with my friends on weekends.
- playing computer games
- computer games for girls
- video and computer games
Almost every chess master now studies computer games for inspiration like that.
- Almost every chess master now studies computer games for inspiration like that.
- This was one of the most beautiful computer games I played in recent years.
- He helps produce an early text based computer game, The Hitchhiker's Guide.
- I didn't play computer games, you know, I wasn't, I wasn't an indoor kid.
- You know, you can't be playing computer games every day like you do now while showing infants.
- Just go and and play a computer game or just go and watch some, you know, trash TV, right?
- I, I couldn't stop playing computer games for about two years and I didn't realise I had this like addictive attention issue in my head.
- Similarly, if you have a computer game like Pac-Man, then Pac-Man is an agent and the sort of maze he's in is his environment.
- He played computer games during pitch meetings and like other modern day founders, his eccentricities were taken as proof of his distinct genius.
- OK, And that's computer games and video games and things like that.
Examples
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I believe the convergence of electronic fiction and computer games should be taken seriously indeed.
Academic text (1999) -
Maier stated that this computer game has been the only successful computer game featuring a female character.
Academic text (2004) -
This was one of the most beautiful computer games I played in recent years.
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We ended up playing computer games which was pretty cool.
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Dad, come here, I wanna show you something, I made a computer game on your computer.
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Students enjoyed video and computer games, along with a variety of other activities.
Academic text (2004) -
I finished my university, and I'm just playing computer games right now.
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Finally, there is an additional educational benefit for girls who play computer games that support collaborative use.
Academic text (2004) -
Narrator 1: Later that night, Kenny is playing a computer game at home.
Fiction book (2000) -
Here's my favorite computer game: Angry Nerds.
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
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3.4
A small simple game inside a larger video game or app
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a game played using a computer' is directly and compositionally derived from the constituents 'computer' (an electronic device) and 'game' (a recreational contest). This noun+noun compounding is a transparent, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase computer game shows a simple picture: computer + game means a game you 'play' on a computer rather than with cards or on a board. So, the name tells you it is a game done on a computer for 'fun' or 'competition'.