US /ɡeɪm/
noun Freq #448

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    An activity with rules that you play for fun or to win.

    You need four people to play this game.

  2. 2
    noun

    A single match or round of a sport or contest.

    The game lasted two hours.

  3. 3
    noun

    A fun or playful activity.

    Being a child is all fun and games.

  4. 4
    noun

    The equipment needed to play a particular game.

    The child received several games for their birthday.

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Synonyms
3 noun · a fun or playful activity. amusementfunpastime
Word family
Forms gamergames
Derived forms a-gameadvergameafter-gameaftergameantigamebackgameballgameblackgamecrapgamecybergamedoorgameend-game

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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…

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