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Definition game

Etymology

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gaman? (“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”). Cognate with Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”), Icelandic gaman (“fun”). Related to gammon, gamble.

Noun

game (countable and uncountable, plural games)

1. A playful or competitive activity.
   1. A playful activity that may be unstructured; 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.
   3. (countable) A particular instance of playing a game; match.
   4. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
   5. The number of points necessary to win a game.
   6. (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
   7. (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
   8. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
   9. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
2. (countable) A video game.
3. (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
4. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
5. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
6. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
7. (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
8. (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
9. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

Adjective

game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)

1. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
2. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
3. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
4. Injured, lame (of a limb).

Verb

game (third-person singular simple present games, present participle gaming, simple past and past participle gamed)

1. (intransitive) To gamble.
2. (intransitive) To play video games.
3. (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.
4. (transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

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