game
To gambleTo gamble.
» What time will the game start?
Wann beginnt das Spiel?
Когда начнётся состязание?
Во сколько начнётся игра?
О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?
О котрій годині розпочнеться гра?
О котрій годині розпочинається гра?
О котрій годині розпочинається матч?
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive)To gamble.
(intransitive)To play card games, board games, or video games.
zocken
(transitive)To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
(slang, transitive)To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- place a bet on
Examples
3797 sentencesWhat time will the game start?
О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?
ruКогда начнётся состязание?
deWann beginnt das Spiel?
What time does the game start?
О котрій годині розпочнеться матч?
I'm afraid we'll lose the game.
Боюся, ми програємо цю гру.
ruБоюсь, мы проиграем.
deIch fürchte, wir werden das Spiel verlieren.
I have no time for games.
Не маю часу на ігри.
ruУ меня нет времени на игры.
deIch habe keine Zeit für Spielchen.
Tom loves playing old computer games.
Том обожнює грати у старі комп'ютерні ігри.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastiFrom 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
games, gaming, gamed, gamedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons 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
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