gamenoun
uk/ɡeɪm/us/ɡeɪm/game noun (FUN ACTIVITY/SPORT)
A1 [ C ] an entertaining activity or sport, especially one played by children, or the equipment needed for such an activity:
A2 [ C ] a particular competition, match, or occasion when people play a game:
[ C ] one part of a competition in activities such as tennis:
UK also physical education, PE organized sports activities that children do at school:
an organized competition consisting of several different sports events:
[ U ] the way in which a person plays a particular sport:
[ S ] something that is not treated seriously:
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- After the game, the players were tired and demoralized.
- We need two dice to play the game.
- A painful injury forced her to withdraw from the game.
- At the end of the game, there was a surge of fans onto the field.
- Your jigsaw puzzles and games are all mixed up together in that box. Shall we sort them out?
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Pastimes - general words
- activity
- amusement
- caper
- frolic
- hobby
- interest
- leisure
- pastime
- pursuit
- recreation
- relaxation
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game noun (ACTIVITY)
[ S ] informal an illegal or secret activity
[ S ] old-fashioned informal a type of business activity:
UK informal working as a prostitute:
US informal involved in illegal activities
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Crime - general words
- carrying-on
- complicit
- complicity
- copycat
- crime
- DWI
- foul play
- hate crime
- inside job
- juvenile delinquent
- loitering
- misdeed
- offense
- racket
- speeding
- tort
- trespass
- vagrant
- victimless
- war crime
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game noun (ANIMALS)
[ U ] wild animals and birds that are hunted for food or sport:
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Hunting & fishing
- angler
- angling
- bait
- beater
- big game
- gun dog
- hare coursing
- harpoon
- hunt
- hunt saboteur
- pointer
- reel
- shooter
- sinker
- smoke
- smoke sb/sth out
- snare
- spoor
- trap
- troll
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Idiom(s)
gameadjective
uk/ɡeɪm/us/ɡeɪm/willing to do things that are new, difficult, or that involve risks:
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Ready and willing
- agreeable
- amenable
- at sb's beck and call idiom
- at your command idiom
- be good to go idiom
- beck
- command
- disposed
- eager
- fain
- find it in your heart to do sth idiom
- gamely
- keen
- prepared
- raring
- readily
- readiness
- ready
- shape
- speed
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gameverb [ T ]
uk/ɡeɪm//ɡeɪm/USto use the rules of a system in order to get what you want, in a way that is slightly dishonest: