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单词 name of the game
释义

name of the game

noun phrase

1
: the essential quality or matter
patience is the name of the game in coastal duck hunting Dick Beals
2
: the fundamental goal of an activity

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined at sense 1

name of the game

phrase

1
as in essence
the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is The name of the game in learning to play an instrument is practice, practice, practice.

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • essence
  • nature
  • substance
  • soul
  • manifestation
  • core
  • aspect
  • heart
  • quintessence
  • being
  • spirit
  • essentiality
  • stuff
  • quiddity
  • property
  • incarnation
  • attribute
  • kernel
  • center
  • personification
  • alpha and omega
  • gist
  • feature
  • keynote
  • embodiment
  • pith
  • seat
  • epitome
  • marrow
  • nub
2
as in purpose
something that one hopes or intends to accomplish The manager said the name of the game this quarter is high profits across the board.

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • purpose
  • thing
  • goal
  • plan
  • idea
  • object
  • intention
  • intent
  • objective
  • aim
  • ambition
  • point
  • dream
  • design
  • target
  • ideal
  • aspiration
  • meaning
  • mark
  • end
  • pretension
  • bourn
  • bourne
  • project
  • holy grail
  • hope
  • scheme
  • plot
  • destination
  • wish
  • desire
  • grail
  • mind
  • nirvana
  • terminus

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • method
  • way
  • means
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