nim
A game in which players take turns removing objects from heapsA game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
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leucammieuvu · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable)A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.
game in which matchsticks are arranged in rows and players alternately remove one or more of them; in some versions the object is to take the last remaining matchstick on the table and in other versions the object is to avoid taking the last remaining matchstick on the table
Examples
3 sentencesOnline casinos are illegal in Viet Nam.
Would you mind telling me the purpose of your coming to Viet Nam?
deWären Sie so gut, mir zu verraten, zu welchem Zweck Sie nach Vietnam gekommen sind? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The World Bank has begun appraisal of Laos’ controversial Nam Theun II hydroelectric project.
deDie Weltbank hat mit der Bewertung von Laos’ kontroversem Nam-Theun-II-Wasserkraftprojekt begonnen. — Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR
Origin
From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *nFrom Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”).
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Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.