Meaning

22 senses
  1. A playful or competitive activity.

    (countable, uncountable)A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

    Being a child is all fun and games.

    Spiel

    игра́igrá

    граhra, ігра́ihrá

    an amusement or pastime

  2. (countable)An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.

    Games in the classroom can make learning fun.

  3. (UK, countable, in the plural, uncountable)A school subject during which sports are practised.

    (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

  4. (countable)A particular instance of playing a game.

    Sally won the game.

    They can turn the game around in the second half.

    Spiel, Partei, Match

    игра́igrá, матчmatč, соревнова́ниеsorevnovánije

    the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

  5. (countable, uncountable)Part of a set during which one player continuously serves (at least four rallies must be won to win a game, at least six games must be won to win the set).

    Game, set and match!

  6. (countable, uncountable)That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The number of points necessary to win a game.

    In short whist, five points are game, while in in table tennis game is 21 points.

    See also: for the win

  8. (countable, uncountable)In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.

    (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

  9. (countable)The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.

    Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.

  10. (countable, uncountable)One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.

    Study can help your game of chess.

    Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.

  11. (countable, informal, singular, usually)A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

    When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.

    He's in the securities game somehow.

  12. A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

    (countable, informal, singular, uncountable, usually)The music industry.

    The rapper bragged about how he ran the game.

Examples

3797 sentences
  1. What time will the game start?

    О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?

    ruКогда начнётся состязание?

    deWann beginnt das Spiel?

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  2. What time does the game start?

    О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?

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  3. I'm afraid we'll lose the game.

    Боюся, ми програємо цю гру.

    ruБоюсь, мы проиграем.

    deIch fürchte, wir werden das Spiel verlieren.

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  4. I have no time for games.

    Не маю часу на ігри.

    ruУ меня нет времени на игры.

    deIch habe keine Zeit für Spielchen.

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  5. Tom loves playing old computer games.

    Том обожнює грати у старі комп'ютерні ігри.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime:
wild animals hunted for food:
Русский
By meaning 3
playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime:
particular instance of playing a game; match:
wild animals hunted for food:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime:
particular instance of playing a game; match:
wild animals hunted for food:

Origin

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pasti

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).

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Forms

plural: games
Singulargame
Pluralgames

regular

Synonyms

27 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • your occupation or line of work:biz
  • a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal):plotsecret plan

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

311 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • baseball game
  • video games
  • play this game
  • game on tv
  • play video games
  • the baseball game
  • win the game
  • the game was
  • game of chess
  • watch the game
  • playing games
  • playing video games

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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