English
Pronunciation
Noun
game (countable and uncountable; plural games)
- (countable) A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment.
- Shall we play a game? - WOPR computer, from the movie Wargames .
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- The forest has plenty of game.
Derived terms
- gamer
- gammy
- gamier
- gamiest
Translations
pursuit or activity for entertainment
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- Japanese: 遊び (あそび , asobi), 遊戯 (yūgi)
- Marathi: khel m
- Polish: gra f
- Portuguese: jogo m
- Romanian: joc n
- Slovene: igra f, (a sport) tekma f
- Spanish: juego m
- Swedish: spel n (a game with a winner), lek (a game without a winner)
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wild animals hunted for food
- Dutch: wild n
- Finnish: riista , suurriista
- German: Wild n
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- Polish: zwierzyna f
- Slovene: divjačina f
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Adjective
game
- Willing to participate.
- I'm game, would you like to tell me how [to do that]? - From the computer game Adventure.
Translations
willing to participate
Transitive verb
to game (past tense and past participle gamed , gaming )
- To gamble.
- 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
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