Game

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English

SAMPA: /geIm/

Noun

game (countable and uncountable; plural games)

(countable) A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment.
Shall we play a game? - WOPR computer, from the movie Wargames.
(uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
The forest has plenty of game.

Translations

pursuit or activity for entertainment

Dutch: spel n
Estonian: mäng
Finnish: peli, leikki
French: jeu m
German: Spiel n
Hungarian: játék m
Interlingua: joco
Italian: gioco m

Japanese: 遊び (あそび, asobi), 遊戯 (yūgi)
Marathi: khel m
Portuguese: jogo m
Romanian: joc n
Slovene: igra f, (a sport) tekma f
Spanish: juego m
Swedish: spel n (a game with a winner), lek (a game without a winner)

wild animals hunted for food

Dutch: wild n
Finnish: riista, suurriista
German: Wild n

Slovene: divjačina f

Adjective

game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)

Willing to participate.
I'm game, would you like to tell me how [to do that]? - From the computer game Adventure.

Translations

willing to participate

Transitive verb

to game (past tense and past participle gamed)

To gamble.
To use a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the rules in effect, usually to obtain obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

Translations

to gamble See gamble

to defeat the rules in order to obtain a result

Related terms

board game
card game
computer game
drinking game
endgame
game of chance
game on
game over
game plan
gameplay
gamesmanship
game show
game theory
gamey
guessing game
on the game
parlour game
party game
role-playing game
video game
word game

1. game -- (a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours").
2. game -- (a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game").
3. game -- (an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"; "his life was all fun and games").
4. game -- (animal hunted for food or sport).
5. game -- (the game equipment needed to play a game; "the child received several games for his birthday").
6. game, biz -- (your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz").
7. game -- ((games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game").
8. game -- (the flesh of wild animals that is used for food).
9. plot, secret plan, game -- (a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start").
10. game -- (frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games").

one

1. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt -- (place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse").

two

1. crippled, halt, halting, lame, game -- (disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg").
2. game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky -- (willing to face danger).

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