game
IPA: gˈeɪm
noun
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game. [A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, or paddle.]
verb
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
adjective
- (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
- (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
- Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
- (of a limb) Injured, lame.
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Examples of "game" in Sentences
- This game is sold *for the purpose of playing this game*.
- **Click on the game titles to read Kotaku's full review for each game**
- Individual photo and Jr. Sea Gal team photo (taken on 8 / 15) 2 game tickets for the 8 / 22 preseason game*
- And we realize that the ability to see the whole game, both sides at once, is stopping the game~ and we are suddenly free.
- -- Because when the sale of game was permitted one dealer was able to sell 1,000,000 _game birds per year in New York City_, so he himself said.
- FIFA 10 as well as the development of FIFA 10 Ultimate Team, a game mode expansion and new way of playing FIFA 10, the highest rated sports game* ever on the Xbox 360.
- [Illustration: "'Suppose we have a story-telling game'"] "Well, I daresay I shall begin to remember about her presently; but suppose, children, we have a _story-telling game_.
- And you might be surprised to find out that every major Mario game (with the exception of Super Mario Bros. 2, the black sheep of the family thanks to it not really being a Mario game*) was scored by the same man - the inexhaustible Koji Kondo.
- • Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter• Sign up to play our daily Fantasy Football game• Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player• The latest team-by-team news, features and more "Every game we start," said Van Persie, "there is a really nice belief that we will score.
- • Follow the Guardian's World Cup team on Twitter• Sign up to play our great Fantasy Football game• Stats centre: Get the lowdown on every player• The latest team-by-team news, features and moreThe political situation, of course, amplified every emotion around that game; as civil war approached it was clear that that this wasn't just another chance, but Red Star's last chance.
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