| Main Entry: | game of life1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a two-dimensional automaton originally played by hand with counters, now done on computer |
| Example: | The creator of the Game of Life originally believed that no pattern could produce an infinite number of cells, and offered a $50 prize to anyone who could find a counterexample before the end of 1970. |
| Etymology: | 1970 |
| Main Entry: | game of life2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | human existence seen as similar to a competitive game |
| Example: | Sometimes each of us feels we are losing the game of life. |
| Etymology: | 1719 |
| Usage: | used with "the" |