Meanings
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1
noun
An activity with rules that you play for fun or to win.
You need four people to play this game.
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2
noun
A single match or round of a sport or contest.
The game lasted two hours.
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3
noun
A fun or playful activity.
Being a child is all fun and games.
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4
noun
The equipment needed to play a particular game.
The child received several games for their birthday.
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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…