Game
noun
An activity you play for fun or sport, usually following rules.
They played a game of soccer.
Often appears as...
- play a game
- win the game
noun
Animals that are hunted or caught for food.
He went hunting for game in the forest.
Often appears as...
- game bird
- game hunting
adjective
Willing to do something risky.
She's game for anything.
Often appears as...
- game for anything
- game to try
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
noun
A tactic or strategy used to gain advantage.
He was playing a clever political game.
Often appears as...
- play the game
- game plan
noun
A single match or competition in sports.
He scored three goals in the game.
Often appears as...
- football game
- basketball game
noun
An activity you play for fun or sport, usually following rules.
They played a game of soccer.
Often appears as...
- play a game
- win the game
noun
Animals that are hunted or caught for food.
He went hunting for game in the forest.
Often appears as...
- game bird
- game hunting
adjective
Willing to do something risky.
She's game for anything.
Often appears as...
- game for anything
- game to try
Usage tips
Approving
Colloquial
noun
A tactic or strategy used to gain advantage.
He was playing a clever political game.
Often appears as...
- play the game
- game plan
noun
A single match or competition in sports.
He scored three goals in the game.
Often appears as...
- football game
- basketball game
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Fun and Rules
Remember 'game' involves enjoyment and often has specific rules or objectives.
Learning the rules made the card game more fun.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
'Game' doesn't only refer to physical activities; board games or video games are included too.
They spent the evening playing board games.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Nature
Games can be competitive, with participants playing against each other.
She loves playing competitive games like chess.
Pro Tip 1/3Fun and Rules
Remember 'game' involves enjoyment and often has specific rules or objectives.
Learning the rules made the card game more fun.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
'Game' doesn't only refer to physical activities; board games or video games are included too.
They spent the evening playing board games.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Nature
Games can be competitive, with participants playing against each other.
She loves playing competitive games like chess.
Pro Tip 1/3Fun and Rules
Remember 'game' involves enjoyment and often has specific rules or objectives.
Learning the rules made the card game more fun.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Physical
'Game' doesn't only refer to physical activities; board games or video games are included too.
They spent the evening playing board games.
Pro Tip 3/3Competitive Nature
Games can be competitive, with participants playing against each other.
She loves playing competitive games like chess.
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Video examples
What game theory teaches...
ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great leadership you want somebody to say what we stand for but if you don't have that you get to say not that so it was really
Video examples
Brenda Romero: Gaming...
and she's treating it like, basically some black people went on a cruise, this is more or less how it sounds to her. And so, to me, I wanted more value in this, so when she asked if she could play a game, I said, "Yes." And so I happened to have all of these little pieces.
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How to recognize a...
like atomic energy, artificial intelligence, and space travel meant for humanity's future. Contrasting with popular visions of shining progress, dystopian science fiction expanded to films, comics, and games. Robots turned against their creators
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How do pregnancy tests...
HCG is produced in the earliest stages of pregnancy and starts a game of telephone that tells the body not to shed the inner lining of the uterus that month. As the pregnancy progresses, HCG supports the formation of the placenta,
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Can you solve the frog...
The point is that information affects probability. And conditional probability isn't just the stuff of abstract mathematical games. It pops up in the real world, as well. Computers and other devices use conditional probability
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity,
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Why do we love? A...
easily leads to boredom and power games. To avoid this trap, Beauvoir advised loving authentically, which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves, reaching beyond themselves,
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Altered States PIPE Brain...
now we're going to change the way you see the world with this quick brain game focus on the letters in the center of this image starting in three two one
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
is a numbers game and for the moment at least this communal life is the key to her future each queen now lays her first batch of
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Pigeon vs Peregrine...
This peregrine is still young and just learning that speed by itself isn't always enough. It must raise its game.
Video examples
What game theory teaches...
ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great leadership you want somebody to say what we stand for but if you don't have that you get to say not that so it was really
Video examples
Brenda Romero: Gaming...
and she's treating it like, basically some black people went on a cruise, this is more or less how it sounds to her. And so, to me, I wanted more value in this, so when she asked if she could play a game, I said, "Yes." And so I happened to have all of these little pieces.
Video examples
How to recognize a...
like atomic energy, artificial intelligence, and space travel meant for humanity's future. Contrasting with popular visions of shining progress, dystopian science fiction expanded to films, comics, and games. Robots turned against their creators
Video examples
How do pregnancy tests...
HCG is produced in the earliest stages of pregnancy and starts a game of telephone that tells the body not to shed the inner lining of the uterus that month. As the pregnancy progresses, HCG supports the formation of the placenta,
Video examples
Can you solve the frog...
The point is that information affects probability. And conditional probability isn't just the stuff of abstract mathematical games. It pops up in the real world, as well. Computers and other devices use conditional probability
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
What is reality, knowledge, the meaning of life? Big topics you might tackle figuratively explaining existence as a journey down a road or across an ocean, a climb, a war, a book, a thread, a game, a window of opportunity,
Video examples
Why do we love? A...
easily leads to boredom and power games. To avoid this trap, Beauvoir advised loving authentically, which is more like a great friendship. Lovers support each other in discovering themselves, reaching beyond themselves,
Video examples
Altered States PIPE Brain...
now we're going to change the way you see the world with this quick brain game focus on the letters in the center of this image starting in three two one
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
is a numbers game and for the moment at least this communal life is the key to her future each queen now lays her first batch of
Video examples
Pigeon vs Peregrine...
This peregrine is still young and just learning that speed by itself isn't always enough. It must raise its game.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
My three wishes are just be respected out the game. I want respect from everybody. And just make a successful clothing line and company. I'm not going to put a number on it. Just to have a great career.
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Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Kanye West
American Rapper
If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
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J. Cole
American Musician
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
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Mark Lanegan
American Musician
It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
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John Wooden
American Coach
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
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John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Keeping score is for games, not friendships.
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Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.
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Ninja
American Celebrity
I always played videogames my entire life.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
My three wishes are just be respected out the game. I want respect from everybody. And just make a successful clothing line and company. I'm not going to put a number on it. Just to have a great career.
Quote examples
Voltaire
French Writer
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Quote examples
Kanye West
American Rapper
If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.
Quote examples
J. Cole
American Musician
I have a little bit of that gamer spirit in me. I just don't have the time to be a gamer. But in another life, I would be one.
Quote examples
Mark Lanegan
American Musician
It's hard not to respect Kobe Bryant's game: He's one of the all-time greats.
Quote examples
Zig Ziglar
American Author
In the game of life, before you get anything out, you must put something in!
Quote examples
John Wooden
American Coach
It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
Quote examples
John C. Maxwell
American Clergyman
Keeping score is for games, not friendships.
Quote examples
Colin Kaepernick
American Athlete
Feelings aren't going to help me win a game.
Quote examples
Ninja
American Celebrity
I always played videogames my entire life.
Example 1 of 10
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