games
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noun
1.
an amusement or pastime: children's games.
2.
the material or equipment used in playing certain games: a store selling toys and games.
3.
a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance on the part of two or more persons who play according to a set of rules, usually for their own amusement or for that of spectators.
4.
a single occasion of such an activity, or a definite portion of one: the final game of the season; a rubber of three games at bridge.
5.
the number of points required to win a game.
6.
the score at a particular stage in a game: With five minutes to play, the game was 7 to 0.
7.
a particular manner or style of playing a game: Her game of chess is improving.
8.
anything resembling a game, as in requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules: the game of diplomacy.
9.
a trick or strategy: to see through someone's game.
10.
fun; sport of any kind; joke: That's about enough of your games.
11.
wild animals, including birds and fishes, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit.
12.
the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food: a dish of game.
13.
any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.: The new boy at school seemed to be fair game for practical jokers.
14.
Informal. a business or profession: He's in the real-estate game.
15.
Archaic. fighting spirit; pluck.
adjective
16.
pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh.
17.
having a fighting spirit; plucky.
18.
Informal. having the required spirit or will (often followed by for or an infinitive): Who's game for a hike through the woods?
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| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
verb (used without object)
19.
to play games of chance for stakes; gamble.
verb (used with object)
Idioms 20.
to squander in gaming (usually followed by away ).
21.
die game,
a.
to die after a brave struggle.
b.
to remain steadfast or in good spirits at the moment of defeat: He knew that as a candidate he didn't have a chance in the world, but he campaigned anyway and died game.
22.
make game of, to make fun of; ridicule: to make game of the weak and defenseless.
23.
play games, to act in an evasive, deceitful, manipulative, or trifling manner in dealing with others: Don't play games with me—I want to know if you love me or not!
24.
play the game, Informal.
a.
to act or play in accordance with the rules.
b.
to act honorably or justly: We naively assumed that our allies would continue to play the game.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English gamen, Old English gaman; cognate with Old High German gaman glee
before 1000; Middle English gamen, Old English gaman; cognate with Old High German gaman glee
Related forms
game·less, adjective
game·like, adjective
game·ness, noun
un·game·like, adjective
Synonyms
3. sport, contest, competition. 9. scheme, artifice, stratagem, plan, plot, venture. 11, 13. prey, quarry. 17. brave, bold, intrepid, dauntless, fearless.
3. sport, contest, competition. 9. scheme, artifice, stratagem, plan, plot, venture. 11, 13. prey, quarry. 17. brave, bold, intrepid, dauntless, fearless.
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World English Dictionary
game1 (ɡeɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an amusement or pastime; diversion |
| 2. | a contest with rules, the result being determined by skill, strength, or chance |
| 3. | a single period of play in such a contest, sport, etc |
| 4. | the score needed to win a contest |
| 5. | a single contest in a series; match |
| 6. | (plural; often capital) an event consisting of various sporting contests, esp in athletics: Olympic Games; Highland Games |
| 7. | equipment needed for playing certain games |
| 8. | short for computer game |
| 9. | style or ability in playing a game: he is a keen player but his game is not good |
| 10. | a scheme, proceeding, etc, practised like a game: the game of politics |
| 11. | an activity undertaken in a spirit of levity; joke: marriage is just a game to him |
| 12. | a. wild animals, including birds and fish, hunted for sport, food, or profit |
| b. (as modifier): game laws | |
| 13. | the flesh of such animals, used as food: generally taken not to include fish |
| 14. | an object of pursuit; quarry; prey (esp in the phrase fair game) |
| 15. | informal work or occupation |
| 16. | informal a trick, strategy, or device: I can see through your little game |
| 17. | obsolete pluck or courage; bravery |
| 18. | slang chiefly (Brit) prostitution (esp in the phrase on the game) |
| 19. | give the game away to reveal one's intentions or a secret |
| 20. | make game of, make a game of to make fun of; ridicule; mock |
| 21. | off one's game playing badly |
| 22. | on one's game playing well |
| 23. | play the game to behave fairly or in accordance with rules |
| 24. | the game is up there is no longer a chance of success |
| —adj | |
| 25. | informal full of fighting spirit; plucky; brave |
| 26. | informal (Austral) game as Ned Kelly, as game as Ned Kelly extremely brave; indomitable |
| 27. | informal ( |
| —vb | |
| 28. | (intr) to play games of chance for money, stakes, etc; gamble |
| [Old English gamen; related to Old Norse gaman, Old High German gaman amusement] | |
| 'gamelike1 | |
| —adj | |
| game2 (ɡeɪm) | |
| —adj | |
| a less common word for lame : game leg | |
| [C18: probably from Irish cam crooked] | |
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Word Origin & History
game
O.E. gamen "joy, fun, amusement," common Gmc. (cf. O.Fris. game, O.N. gaman, O.H.G. gaman "joy, glee"), regarded as identical with Goth. gaman "participation, communion," from P.Gmc. *ga- collective prefix + *mann "person," giving a sense of "people together." Meaning "contest played according to rules"
is first attested c.1300. Sense of "wild animals caught for sport" is late 13c.; hence fair game (1825), also gamey "having the flavor of game" (1863). Adjective sense of "brave, spirited" is 1725, from the noun, especially in game-cock "bird for fighting." Game plan is 1941, from U.S. football; game show first attested 1961.
game
"lame," 1787, from north Midlands dialect, perhaps a variant of gammy (tramps' slang) "bad," or from O.N.Fr. gambe "leg."
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Slang Dictionary
game definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Computing Dictionary
games definition
games"The time you enjoy wasting is not time wasted." -- Bertrand Russell.
Here are some games-related pages on the Web: Imperial Nomic (http://mit.edu:8001/people/achmed/fascist/), Thoth's games and recreations page (http://cis.ufl.edu/~thoth/library/recreation.html), Games Domain (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain), Zarf's List of Games on the Web (http://leftfoot.com/games.html), Dave's list of pointers to games resources (http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/~djh/index.html), Collaborative Fiction (http://asylum.cid.com/fiction/fiction.html).
See also 3DO, ADL, ADVENT, ADVSYS, alpha/beta pruning, Amiga, CHIP-8, Core Wars, DROOL, empire, I see no X here., Infocom, Inglish, initgame, life, minimax, moria, mudhead, multi-user Dimension, nethack, ogg, plugh, rogue, SPACEWAR, virtual reality, wizard mode, wumpus, xyzzy, ZIL, zorkmid.
See also game theory.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Games definition
(1.) Of children (Zech. 8:5; Matt. 11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use of the bow and the sling (Judg. 20:16; 1 Chr. 12:2). (2.) Public games, such as were common among the Greeks and Romans, were foreign to the Jewish institutions and customs. Reference, however, is made to such games in two passages (Ps. 19:5; Eccl. 9:11). (3.) Among the Greeks and Romans games entered largely into their social life. (a) Reference in the New Testament is made to gladiatorial shows and fights with wild beasts (1 Cor. 15:32). These were common among the Romans, and sometimes on a large scale. (b) Allusion is frequently made to the Grecian gymnastic contests (Gal. 2:2; 5:7; Phil. 2:16; 3:14; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5; Heb. 12:1, 4, 12). These were very numerous. The Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games were esteemed as of great national importance, and the victors at any of these games of wrestling, racing, etc., were esteemed as the noblest and the happiest of mortals.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
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Owners in both leagues were willing to risk losing games in order to increase their share of future revenues.
In the last few years, a few dedicated mathematicians have begun to study the computational complexity of video games.
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