game

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an amusement or pastime

   they played word games

2. 2
   noun

   a contest with rules to determine a winner

   you need four people to play this game

3. 3
   noun

   a single play of a sport or other contest

   the game lasted two hours

4. 4
   noun

   frivolous or trifling behavior

   for actors, memorizing lines is no game

5. 5
   noun

   your occupation or line of work

   he's in the plumbing game

6. 6
   noun

   the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

   The child received several games for their birthday.

7. 7
   noun

   (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

   the game is 6 all

8. 8
   noun

   A playful or competitive activity.

   Being a child is all fun and games.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“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 Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome…