Meaning

3 senses
  1. A message signaling that the game has ended, usually because the player failed (for example by losing all of their lives) but sometimes following successful completion of the game.

    Game over

    игра́ зако́нченаigrá zakónčena

  2. (broadly)The end of some ongoing situation, especially in failure.

    If your wife finds out about us, it's game over!

  3. (broadly)Death.

    When you have cancer, you pretty much have two options: chemotherapy, or game over.

Examples

32 sentences
  1. I'm happy the game is over.

    Я радий, що гра скінчилася. — deniko

    deIch bin froh, dass das Spiel vorbei ist. — Felixjp

  2. The game is not over.

    Гру ще не скінчено. — deniko

    ruИгра не закончилась. — odexed

    deDas Spiel ist noch nicht zu Ende. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The game isn't over yet.

    Гру ще не закінчено. — deniko

    deDas Spiel ist noch nicht zu Ende. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I thought the game was over.

    ruЯ думал, игра окончена. — marafon

    deIch dachte, das Spiel wäre vorbei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I know the game is over.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin

The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games.

The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games.

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Word family

1 related words
Relatedtime over

See also

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