game
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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 Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Švedski gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”), Icelandic gaman (“fun”). Related to gammon, gamble.
Noun
game (countable and uncountable, plural games)
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- Sinonim: Thesaurus:game
- 1983, WarGames, written by Lawrence Lasker & al.:
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- Games in the classroom can make learning fun.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- From time to time, track-suited boys ran past them, with all the deadly purpose and humourless concentration of those who enjoyed Games.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- Sinonim: match
- Sally won the game.
- They can turn the game around in the second half.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- In short whist, five points are game.
- See also: for the win
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- Study can help your game of chess.
- Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.
- (countable) Script error: The function "show_from" does not exist. video game.
- 2019 maj 8, Jon Bailes, “Save yourself! The video games casting us as helpless children”, in The Guardian[1]:
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- (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida
- 1755, Tobias Smollett, translating Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.2:
- [H]e put spurs to his horse, and just in the twilight reached the gate, where, at that time, there happened to be two ladies of the game Šablon:transterm, who being on their journey to Seville, with the carriers, had chanced to take up their night's lodging in this place.
- (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- Sinonim: line
- When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
- He's in the securities game somehow.
- (countable, figurative) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], strana 77, column 2:
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- Šablon:RQ:Ferguson Zollenstein
- 2013 jul 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, strana 18:
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- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- Sinonim: wargame
- (uncountable) wild animals hunted for food.
- The forest has plenty of game.
- 1907, Burroughs, John, Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt[2], Houghton Mifflin Company, OCLC 66781573, strane 5-6:
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- (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
- 1998, “She's Strange”, performed by Nate Dogg:
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- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- 1998, “He Got Game”, performed by Public Enemy:
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- 2005, Kermit Ernest Campbell, Gettin' Our Groove on: Rhetoric, Language, and Literacy for the Hip Hop Generation, →ISBN, strana 123:
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- 2009, Michael Marshall, Bad Things, →ISBN, strana 24:
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- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- 1845, Blackwood Magazine:
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- 1902, George Saintsbury, Dryden, strana 182:
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Derived terms
- A game
- ahead of the game
- all fun and games
- away game
- back in the game
- be game
- big game
- board game
- card game
- change the game
- computer game
- drinking game
- endgame
- end of the ballgame, end of the ball game
- fair game
- game, set, match
- game changer
- game club
- gamecock
- game for a laugh
- gamely
- game of chance
- game of luck
- game of skill
- game of strategy
- game on
- game over
- game plan
- gameplay
- gamer
- game rage
- game show
- gamesmanship
- game theory
- gamey
- gamy
- give the game away
- guessing game
- have fun and games
- home game
- knife game
- long game
- metagame
- metagaming
- mind game
- mug's game
- name of the game
- new to the game
- numbers game
- off one's game
- only game in town
- on one's game
- on the game
- parlour game
- party game
- play games
- play the game
- reindeer games
- road game
- role-playing game
- shell game
- small game
- stage of the game
- strategy game
- talk a good game
- two can play that game
- up one's game
- video game
- waiting game
- war game
- whole new ball game
- word game
- zero-sum game, zero sum game
Descendants
- → Brazilian Portuguese: game
- → Holandski: gamen, game
- → Korejski: 게임 (geim), 겜 (gem)
- → Japanski: ゲーム
- → Norman: gamme
- → Norwegian: gamen, game
- → Španski: game
- → Welsh: gêm
Translations
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Adjective
game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)
- (colloquial) Willing to participate.
- Sinonims: sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant
- Antonims: cautious, disinclined
- Šablon:RQ:Melville Moby-Dick
- 2016 februar 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
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- (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
- Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
Translations
Verb
game
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- 1898, “George Washington: Statesman, Christian Gentleman”, in Suggestive programs for special day exercises:
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—an impressive protest against gaming, swearing, and all immoral practices which might forfeit divine aid in the great struggle for National Independence
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
- 2012 avgust 31, Amanda Holpuch, “Trolls game Taylor Swift competition in favor of school for the hearing impaired”, in The Guardian[3]:
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- 2020 februar 6, Alex Hern, quoting Natalie Hitchins, “Amazon Choice label is being 'gamed to promote poor products'”, in The Guardian[4]:
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- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- 2005 oktobar 6, “Picking up the pieces”, in The Economist[5]:
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- 2010, Mystery, The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction, Villard Books, →ISBN, strana 100:
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- 2010 jul 9, Sheila McClear, “Would you date a pickup artist?”, in New York Post[6]:
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Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Adjective
game (comparative more game, superlative most game)
- Injured, lame (of a limb).
- around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade
- You come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure."
- around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade
See also
- game na Vikipediji.Vikipediji
Anagrams
fonetski | |||||
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jedn. and trad. (game) |
g | a | m | e | |
alternativne forme | 驚/惊 |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
game
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) game (especially video games and online games) (Klasifikator: 隻/只 c)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)
- A video game, an electronic game.
Hyponyms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
game
- first-person singular present indicative of gamen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gamen
- imperative of gamen
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gamen, gomen, from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną, of disputed origin.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- MFA(ključ): /ˈɡaːm(ə)/, /ˈɡam(ə)/, /ˈɡaːmən/, /ˈɡamən/
- (from OE gomen) MFA(ključ): /ˈɡɔːm(ə)/, /ˈɡɔːmən/
- (Kent) MFA(ključ): /ˈɡɛːm(ə)/, /ˈɡɛːmən/
Noun
- Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
- A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
- A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
- Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).
- An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
- Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
- An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
- Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
- The state of being happy or joyful.
- Game; wild animals hunted for food.
- (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
- (rare) Gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
- (rare) The reward for winning a game.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Engleski: game, gammon (dialectal gam) (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: gemme, gem, gyem
- Yola: gaame
References
- “gāme” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.
Etymology 2
From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian.
Verb
game
- Alternative form of gamen
Etymology 1
Unadapted borrowing od Engleski game.
Pronunciation
Noun
game m (plural games)
- (Brazil) electronic game (game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game, a video game or the like)
Quotations
Za navode korišćenja ovog termina, vidite Citati:game.
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
Verb
game
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of gamar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of gamar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of gamar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of gamar
Noun
game m (plural games)
Etymology
Pozajmljeno od Engleski game. Attested since 1900.
Pronunciation
Noun
game n
Declension
Declension of game | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | game | gamet | game | gamen |
Genitive | games | gamets | games | gamens |
Derived terms
References
- Engleski govor
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- en:Seduction community
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- en:Ball games
- Kineski govor
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- Kineski leme
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- Rime:Holandski/eːm
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- Dutch nouns with plural in -s
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- Portugalski non-lemma forms
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