Definition for: game

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English

Pronunciation

• AHD: /gām/
• IPA: /ɡeɪm/
• SAMPA: / geIm /

Rhymes: -eɪm

Noun

game ( countable and uncountable ; plural games )

1. ( countable ) A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment.

   Shall we play a game ?

2. ( in plural games ) Sport played in a lesson at school.
3. ( uncountable ) Wild animals hunted for food.

   The forest has plenty of game .

Translations

pursuit or activity for entertainment

sport played in a lesson at school

wild animals hunted for food

Adjective

game ( comparative gamer , superlative gamest )

1. Willing to participate. ( No comparative or superlative .)

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

2. Having the slightly unpleasant taste of game (hunted wildlife.)

Translations

willing to participate

taste of wildlife

Transitive verb

to game ( third-person singular simple present games , present participle gaming , simple past gamed , past participle gamed )

1. To gamble.
2. To play games and be a gamer.
3. 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

Anagrams

• mage

Derived terms

See also

• play

Other Translations for "game"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		game
Hex		e7 e1 ed 65
Pig Latin		amegay

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