backgammon
To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the…To win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
» I haven't played backgammon in ages.
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1 sensesTo win at a backgammon game with the opponent having one or more pieces in the winner’s inner home row or on the bar.
Examples
24 sentencesI haven't played backgammon in ages.
I'm not very good at backgammon.
Let's either play backgammon or chess.
Let's play either backgammon or chess.
Tom and Mary are playing backgammon.
Origin
Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).Probably from back + Middle English gamen, from Old English gamen (“amusement, game”).
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Forms
backgammons, backgammoning, backgammoned, backgammoned| Base form | backgammon · to backgammon |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | backgammons |
| Present participle | backgammoning |
| Past simple | backgammoned |
| Past participle | backgammoned |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.