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UK
/ɡˈeɪm/
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[ US /ˈɡeɪm/ ]
[ US /ˈɡeɪm/ ]
NOUN
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a contest with rules to determine a winner
you need four people to play this game -
frivolous or trifling behavior
for him, life is all fun and games
for actors, memorizing lines is no 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 -
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
the child received several games for his birthday - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
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your occupation or line of work
he's in the plumbing game
she's in show biz -
a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
I saw through his little game from the start
they concocted a plot to discredit the governor - animal hunted for food or sport
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an amusement or pastime
his life was all fun and games
he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time
they played word games -
a single play of a sport or other contest
the game lasted two hours
VERB
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place a bet on
I'm betting on the new horse
Which horse are you backing?
ADJECTIVE
- willing to face danger
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disabled in the feet or legs
a game leg
a crippled soldier
How To Use game In A Sentence
- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- It should be a baritone scoring game and the unfortunate should be in early disceptation for a top 3 pick. Xml's Blinklist.com
- Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
- A poor game was redeemed in the second half by a couple of superb goals from Anthony Edwards.
- The AWPL, however, features eight-minute quarters providing 32 total minutes of game play and a little more lactic build-up, leg burn, and lung fatigue for the athletes.
- On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
- Entry forms for the forthcoming Community Games should have been received by now.
- The Chorus mentions that Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus are very similar to each other, ‘twin throned, twin sceptered, in twofold power.’
- It was nice to play a Wii game that wasn't full of bright greens and blues like another title featuring Mario. Epinions Recent Content for Home
