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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Game \Game\, a. [Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]
     Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Game \Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport;
     akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth,
     merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. Gammon a game,
     Backgammon, Gamble v. i.]
     1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.
                                                    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules,
        for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a
        game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,
              Kings would not play at.              --Cowper.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans,
           there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of
           strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the
           government, usually accompanied with religious
           ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the
           Nemean, and the Isthmian games.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at
        play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Talk the game o'er between the deal.  --Lloyd.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the
        number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a
        game; as, in short whist five points are game.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the
        score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or
        purpose; method of procedure; projected line of
        operations; plan; project.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Your murderous game is nearly up.     --Blackw. Mag.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the
              greatest literary champion of the cause he had set
              himself to attack.                    --Saintsbury.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats
        designed for, or served at, table.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Those species of animals . . . distinguished from
              the rest by the well-known appellation of game.
                                                    --Blackstone.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Confidence game. See under Confidence.
  
     To make game of, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (g[=a]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Gaming.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
     gamenian to play. See Game, n.]
     1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
        impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              God loved he best with all his whole hearte
              At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.
                                                    --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To play at any sport or diversion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
        billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
        rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged
        upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Game \Game\, a.
     1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;
        ready to fight to the last; plucky.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought
              even to the death.                    --W. Irving.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,
        or to the act or practice of hunting.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game
        captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
  
     Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,
        partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore
        or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,
        and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily
        restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and
        guns.
  
     Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.
  
     Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking
        game for food or for sport.
  
     Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of
        game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
  
     To be game.
        (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
        (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
  
     To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the
        last; to die fighting.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Game \Game\, a.
     1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock;
        ready to fight to the last; plucky.
  
              I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought
              even to the death.                    --W. Irving.
  
     2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game,
        or to the act or practice of hunting.
  
     Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game
        captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
  
     Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse,
        partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore
        or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew,
        and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily
        restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and
        guns.
  
     Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.
  
     Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking
        game for food or for sport.
  
     Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of
        game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
  
     To be game.
        (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit.
        (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
  
     To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the
        last; to die fighting.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Game \Game\, a. [Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.]
     Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Game \Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport;
     akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth,
     merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. Gammon a game,
     Backgammon, Gamble v. i.]
     1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
  
              We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules,
        for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a
        game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
  
              But war's a game, which, were their subject wise,
              Kings would not play at.              --Cowper.
  
     Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans,
           there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of
           strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the
           government, usually accompanied with religious
           ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the
           Nemean, and the Isthmian games.
  
     3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at
        play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
  
              Talk the game o'er between the deal.  --Lloyd.
  
     4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the
        number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a
        game; as, in short whist five points are game.
  
     5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the
        score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
  
     6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or
        purpose; method of procedure; projected line of
        operations; plan; project.
  
              Your murderous game is nearly up.     --Blackw. Mag.
  
              It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the
              greatest literary champion of the cause he had set
              himself to attack.                    --Saintsbury.
  
     7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats
        designed for, or served at, table.
  
              Those species of animals . . . distinguished from
              the rest by the well-known appellation of game.
                                                    --Blackstone.
  
     Confidence game. See under Confidence.
  
     To make game of, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (g[=a]md); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Gaming.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
     gamenian to play. See Game, n.]
     1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
        impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
  
              God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle
              times, though him gamed or smarte.    --Chaucer.
  
     2. To play at any sport or diversion.
  
     3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
        billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
        rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon
        the issue of the contest; to gamble.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  game
       adj 1: disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game
              leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame]
       2: willing to face danger [syn: gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome,
           spirited, spunky]
       n 1: a single play of a game; "the game lasted 2 hours"
       2: a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four
          people to play this game"
       3: an amusement or pastime; "they played word games"; "he
          thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty
          time"; "his life was all fun and games"
       4: animal hunted for food or sport
       5: the game equipment needed to play a game; "the child
          received several games for his birthday"
       6: your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing
          game"; "she's in show biz" [syn: biz]
       7: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed
          to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
       8: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
       9: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
          underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit
          the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the
          start" [syn: plot, secret plan]
       10: frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing
           lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
       v : place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting
           on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake,
            punt]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Αγγλικά a.
     τολμηρός, θαρραλέος
     Αγγλικά n.
     αγώνας, παιχνίδι, παρτίδα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     παίζω, χαρτοπαίζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -game
     French suf.
     adjectival suffix used to form nouns corresponding to a notion of
  marriage or sexual union

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Dutch n.
     A video game, an electronic (l en game).
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl gamen  1 s pres ind ; s pres sub ; imp)
     Middle English alt.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English n.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm gamen)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es tennis) (l en game)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Game
     German n.
     n (lb de video games informal) video game

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     a.
     1 (lb en colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
     2 (lb en of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight
  against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
     3 Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
     n.
     1 (senseid en any playful or competitive activity) A playful or
  competitive activity.
     2 # (senseid en any playful amusement or pastime) A playful activity
  that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
     3 # (lb en countable) An activity described by a set of rules,
  especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having
  an explicit goal.
     4 # (lb en UK in plural) A school subject during which sports are
  practised.
     5 # (senseid en any particular instance or match of gameplaying) (lb
  en countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
     6 # (senseid en the stakes that are at stake) That which is gained,
  such as the stake in a game.
     7 # (senseid en number of points constituting a win) The number of
  points necessary to win a game.
     8 # (senseid en bonus point for highest hand) (lb en card games) In
  some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the
  largest sum.
     9 # (senseid en any particular instance of the physical equipment or
  software for playing a specific game) (lb en countable) The equipment
  that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
     10 # (senseid en one's gameplaying manner) One's manner, style, or
  performance in playing a game.
     11 # (senseid en video game) (lb en countable) (ellipsis of en video
  game)
     12 (senseid en flirtation) (lb en now rare) lovemaking, flirtation.
     13 (senseid en sex work) (lb en slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in
  (m en on the game).)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To gamble.
     2 (lb en intransitive) To play card games, board games(,) or video
  games.
     3 (lb en 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.
     4 (lb en transitive seduction community slang of males) To perform
  premeditated seduction strategy.
     a.
     Injured, lame (of a limb).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  -game
     French suf.
     adjectival suffix used to form nouns corresponding to a notion of
  marriage or sexual union

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Dutch n.
     A video game, an electronic (l en game).
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl gamen  1 s pres ind ; s pres sub ; imp)
     Middle English alt.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English n.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm gamen)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es tennis) (l en game)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Game
     German n.
     n (lb de video games informal) video game

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  -game
     French suf.
     adjectival suffix used to form nouns corresponding to a notion of
  marriage or sexual union

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Dutch n.
     A video game, an electronic (l en game).
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl gamen  1 s pres ind ; s pres sub ; imp)
     Middle English alt.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English n.
     1 entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
     2 # A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
     3 # A (l en game); a codified (and often competitive) form of
  entertainment.
     4 # Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (gloss: including
  intercourse in itself).
     5 # An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
     6 Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
     7 # An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
     8 # Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
     9 The state of being happy or joyful.
     10 (l en game Game); wild animals hunted for food.
     11 (lb enm rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
     12 (lb enm rare) gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
     13 (lb enm rare) The reward for winning a game.
     Middle English vb.
     (alt form enm gamen)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es tennis) (l en game)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Game
     German n.
     n (lb de video games informal) video game

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Englanti a.
     1 halukas, valmis johonkin
     2 taistelutahtoinen, sisukas
     Englanti n.
     1 peli
     2 leikki
     3 riista
     Englanti vb.
     1 pelata uhkapeliä
     2 pelata video- t. tietokonepelejä
     3 (''transitiivinen'') vedättää, käyttää hyväkseen järjestelmää,
  porsaanreikiä yms.

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  game
     Portugisiska vb.
     (böjning pt verb gamar)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  wedstryd

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Game /ɡˈeɪm/
  اللعبة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  охотен
  willing to participate

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  1. мач
  particular instance of playing a game; match
  2. игра́
  playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime
  3. ди́веч
  wild animals hunted for food

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  играя
  To play games

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  partie
           Note: "šachová"

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  hra

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  utkání

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  zápas

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  chromý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  hříčka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  úskok

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  trik

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  gêm 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  chwarae 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  Jagdwild , Wild 
        "female game animals"  - Kahlwild
        "kill game by stabbing it in the neck"  - Wild abnicken, abfangen (mit einem Stich ins Genick töten)
     Synonym: game animals
  
   see: wood grouse, fallow deer, winged game, unprotected game, big game, furred game, mammalian game, ground game, beasts of venery, beasts of the chase, calves without antlers, small game, beasts of the warren, predator game, roe deer, red deer, hoofed game, wild boars, farmed game, battue, quarry, chase
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
   [single] Partie , Spiel  [einzelnes]
        "a lost game"  - eine verlorene Partie
        "lose the game"  - das Spiel verlieren, verlieren
        "play a losing game (also)"  - ein Spiel spielen, das man nicht gewinnen kann, eine aussichtslose Sache verfolgen, eine Sache verfolgen, die keinen Erfolg bringt
        "What is the final score (of the game)?"  - Wie ist das Spiel ausgegangen?
   see: games, love game
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  Spiel 
           Note: Wettbewerb nach Regeln
        "room escape game"  - Befreiungsspiel
        "lively party game"  - Partyspiel
        "pencil-and-paper game"  - Schreibspiel
        "child's game"  - Spiel für Kinder, Kinderspiel
        "children's game"  - Spiel für Kinder, Kinderspiel
        "play a game"  - ein Spiel spielen
        "My favourite board game is chess."  - Mein Lieblingsbrettspiel ist Schach.
   see: games, adventure game, escape game, room escape, escape the room, physical game, exercise game, motion game, board game, party game, card game, parlour game, parlor game, tabletop game, table game, outdoor game, indoor game
  
           Note: competitive activity played according to rules

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  Spielchen , Spiel  [pej.]
           Note: unehrliches Verhalten
        "I've seen through your little game."  - Ich habe dein Spielchen durchschaut.
        "Don't play silly games with me."  - Lass die dummen Spielchen.
        "What's her game?"  - Was spielt sie da für ein Spiel?
        "The game is up."  - Das Spiel ist aus. Wir wissen, dass du es warst.
     Synonym: little game
  
   see: double-cross, double dealing, The jig is up.. We know you did it.
  
           Note: dishonest behaviour

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  Wildbret 
     Synonym: venison
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
   [dated] lahm, angeknackst  [ugs.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  mutig 
     Synonyms: gamely, gamily, gamy
  
   see: gamier, gamiest
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
   [coll.] spielen [Computerspiele] , zocken [ugs.] , gamen  [ugs.]
           Note: computer games

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  
  παιχνίδι, σάρκα ζώων κυνηγιού

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  1. kyky, taito
  ability to successfully seduce someone
  2. peli 2.
  activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment
   3.
  amorous dalliance
   4.
  equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title
   5.
  number of points necessary to win a game
   6.
  one's manner, style, or performance in playing a game
   7.
  questionable, unethical, or illegal practice
   8.
  something that resembles a game with rules
   9.
  that which is gained, such as the stake in a game
  3. kortti
  card games: point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum
  4. sotaharjoitus
  exercise simulating warfare
  5. ala
  field of an industry or profession
  6. taito
  mastery; the ability to excel at something
  7. peli, ottelu
  particular instance of playing a game; match
  8. leikki
  playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime
  9. peli, videopeli
  video game
  10. riista
  wild animals hunted for food

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  1. pelailla, pelata
  To play games
  2. huijata
  to defeat the rules in order to obtain a result

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  game /geim/
  jeu

From English-Irish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.2 :   [ freedict:eng-gle ]

  game /geim/
  cluiche

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  1. निडर
        "He is game for dare-devil shows."
  2. लँगड़ा
        "He has quit playing as his left foot is game."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  1. खेल
        "Cricket is the most popular game in India."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  divljač, društvena igra, hrabar, igra, igrati se, igru, lov, sportski, utakmica, utakmicu, šala

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  1. béna
  2. prostitúció
  3. játszma
  4. vadpecsenye
  5. vadállat
  6. szórakozás
  7. bátor
  8. tréfálkozás
  9. mulatság
  10. kemény
  11. csonka
  12. tevékenység
  13. sport
  14. manserô
  15. társasjáték
  16. vad (erdei)
  17. móka
  18. tréfa
  19. vadhús
  20. nyomorék
  21. hattyúraj
  22. prostituált
  23. sánta
  24. örömlány
  25. mans
  26. játék
  27. határozott

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  permainan
  playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  giuoco

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  1. 試合, 体育, 競技
  particular instance of playing a game; match
  2. ゲーム, 遊び, ごっこ, 遊戯
  playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime
  3. 獲物
  wild animals hunted for food

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  game /geim/
  1. žaidimas
  2. varžybos
  3. (žaidimo) partija
  4. pramoga
  5. gudrybės, juokai

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  med
  willing to participate

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  game /geɪm/
  I.   1.  gra
   2. games /ɡˈeɪmz/  zawody, igrzyska
   3.  spotkanie, mecz
   4.  zwierzyna dzika, zwierzyna
  II.   1.  dzielny, gotowy (for - do)
   2.  beat sb at his own game (beat V: PROP :at PROPOSS :own :game)
   - pokonać kogoś jego własną bronią
   3.  the game is up (:the :game :is :up)
   - gra skończona
   4.  give the game away (give V: :the :game :away)
   - zdradzać wszystko

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  game /geim/
  1. jogo, partida, encontro esportivo de dois atletas ou times
  2. caça
  3. valente

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  game /geim/
  juego

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  med, på
  willing to participate

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  game //ɡeɪm// 
  1. bransch
  2. spel, match
  particular instance of playing a game; match
  3. spel, lek
  playful activity that may be unstructured, amusement, pastime
  4. vilt, byte, villebråd
  wild animals hunted for food

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/ 
  
  mchezo

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  1. oyun, eğlence
  2. (spor)
  3. oyun partisi, parti
  4. plan, tertip
  5. av, şikâr
  6. av eti game bird av kuşu game fish yakala nınca direnen balık game laws av hu kuku game theory (oyun, savaş, tica rette) matematik hesap ile en isabetli hareket tarzını tespit etme game of chance kumar be off one, game oynaya cak halde olmamak make game of alay etmek, eğlenmek play the game usule göre oynamak, iyi sporcu olmak The game is up Plan suya düştü

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  1. gözüpek, yiğit, cesur
  2. av hay vanlarına ait gamely  cesurca game ness  yiğitlik, yüreklilik

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  game /ɡˈeɪm/
  1. k dili topal, sakat

From italiano-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-bul ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  играя

From italiano-ελληνικά FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ell ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  κυνήγι

From italiano-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-fin ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  ala

From italiano-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-ind ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  permainan

From italiano-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-jpn ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  ごっこ

From italiano-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-lit ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  rungtynės

From italiano-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-nor ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  med

From italiano-język polski FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-pol ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  grać

From italiano-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-swe ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  bransch

From italiano-Türkçe FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:ita-tur ]

  game //ˈɡejm// 
  oyun

From Nederlands-latine FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:nld-lat ]

  game /(en)ɡˈeɪm(nl)/ 
  lūdus vīsuālis
  2. een videospel

From Nederlands-lietuvių kalba FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2020.10.04 :   [ freedict:nld-lit ]

  game /(en)ɡˈeɪm(nl)/ 
  1. rungtynės
  1. een onderdeel van een wedstrijd
  2. video žaidimai
  2. een videospel

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  game
  game

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡeɪm/

From IPA:sv :   [ IPA:sv ]

  

/geːm/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  GAME. Birds and beasts of a wild-nature, obtained by fowling and hunting. 
  Bac. Ab. h. t.; Animals; Ferae natural. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  595 Moby Thesaurus words for "game":
     Animalia, Boston, Byzantine intrigues, Earl of Coventry, Monopoly,
     Olympic games, Olympics, Ping-Pong, Pit, Polish bank, Rugby,
     Russian bank, Scrabble, acquiescent, action, adventurous,
     agreeable, aim, alacritous, all fours, amenable, amusement,
     and fish, animal kingdom, animal life, animality, approach,
     archery, ardent, arrangement, art, artful dodge, artifice, aspic,
     association football, attack, baccarat, backgammon,
     backstairs influence, bad, badminton, bagatelle, ball, bandy,
     banker, barbecue, baseball, basketball, battledore and shuttlecock,
     beano, beasts, beasts of field, beasts of prey, beasts of venery,
     bet, big game, big time, billiards, bingo, birds, blackjack, blind,
     blueprint, blueprinting, bluff, boiled meat, bold, bouilli, bout,
     bowling, bowls, boxing, brag, brave, bridge, brute creation,
     bulldoggish, business, butt, by-end, by-purpose, byword,
     byword of reproach, cabal, calculation, call, calling, canasta,
     career, career building, careerism, casino, cast lots, castrated,
     cat, catch, cattle, charades, charting, chase, checkers, chess,
     chicanery, civet, climbing, collusion, commerce, commit,
     competition, compliant, complicity, complot, conception, concours,
     confederacy, connections, connivance, consenting, conspiracy,
     content, contest, contract, contract bridge, contrivance,
     contriving, cooperative, counterplot, coup, courageous, covin,
     craft, crambo, cribbage, cricket, crippled, croquet, curling,
     cut lots, cut the cards, cute trick, daring, dauntless, deals,
     decathlon, deceit, deep-laid plot, derby, derision, design,
     destination, device, devices, devil-may-care, disabled, discus,
     disposed, disposition, dissemble, dissimulate, distraction,
     diversion, docile, dodge, domestic animals, dominoes,
     double-header, doubles, draughts, draw lots, draw straws, dupe,
     eager, ecarte, emasculated, encounter, end, end in view,
     engagement, engineering, enterprise, enthusiastic, envisagement,
     euchre, event, expedient, fain, fair game, fake, fakement, faro,
     fauna, favorable, favorably disposed, favorably inclined, fearless,
     feign, feint, fencing, fetch, field, fight, figure of fun,
     figuring, finagling, final cause, finesse, fishing, five hundred,
     fives, flesh, flinch, fool, football, forcemeat, foresight,
     forethought, forward, foursome, frame-up, fright, frog, fun,
     fun and games, funmaking, furry creatures, gambit, gamble, games,
     games of chance, gamy, gazingstock, ghost, gimmick, gin, gin rummy,
     gliding, go, goal, goat, golf, good time, graphing, great fun,
     grift, gritty, ground plan, guidelines, gutsy, gutty, gymkhana,
     hachis, halt, halting, hamstrung, handball, handicapped,
     handicraft, hash, hearts, heroic, hide-and-seek, high old time,
     high time, high-spirited, hiking, hobbling, hockey, hopscotch,
     horseshoes, hunting, hurdling, ice hockey, idea, in the mind,
     in the mood, incapacitated, inclined, influence peddling,
     intention, intrepid, intrigue, intrigues, jacks, jackstones,
     jackstraws, jerky, jest, jestingstock, job, joint, joke, joust,
     jugged hare, jugglery, keno, kill, knavery, lacrosse, lame,
     lansquenet, laughingstock, laughs, lawn tennis, lay, layout,
     leapfrog, lifework, limping, line, line of business, line of work,
     lineup, little game, livestock, lobbying, lobbyism,
     long-range plan, loo, lot, lottery, lotto, lovely time, luging,
     machination, maimed, maneuver, maneuvering, manipulation, mapping,
     marbles, mark, master plan, match, match coins, matching,
     matrimony, meat, meet, meeting, menue viande, merels, method,
     methodology, metier, mettlesome, mince, minded, misrepresent,
     mission, mockery, monkey, monte, motorcycling, mountaineering,
     move, mumble-the-peg, mystery, napoleon, nervy, ninepins, number,
     object, object in mind, objective, occupation, old maid, ombre,
     operations research, organization, pall-mall, pallone, pastime,
     patience, pelota, pemmican, penny ante, pentathlon, pertinacious,
     picnic, picquet, plan, planning, planning function, play,
     play at dice, play games, play the ponies, play-off, pleasant time,
     pliant, plot, plotting, ploy, ploys, plucky, poker, polo, pool,
     position, post office, pot roast, practice, prearrangement,
     predisposed, prepared, pretend, prey, procedure, profession,
     program, program of action, prompt, prone, pursuit, pushball,
     put on, put-and-take, pyramids, quadrille, quarry, quick, quintain,
     quoits, race, racket, racquets, raffle off, rally, rationalization,
     ready, ready and willing, reason for being, receptive, recreation,
     red herring, red-blooded, regatta, rencontre, resolute, responsive,
     reverse, riding, rigging, roast, roller skating, ropes,
     rouge et noir, round, rounders, rowing, rum, rummy, runoff, ruse,
     sailing, sailplaning, sausage meat, schedule, schema, schematism,
     schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, schemery, schemes,
     scheming, scrapple, sculling, set, setup, seven-up, shift, shinny,
     shoot craps, shooting, shot-put, shuffleboard, singles, skat,
     skating, skeet, skeet shooting, ski-jumping, skiing, skin-diving,
     skittles, sledding, sleight, small game, snipsnapsnorum, snooker,
     snorkel diving, snowmobiling, soccer, softball, solitaire,
     spavined, specialization, specialty, speculate, speculation,
     spirited, spiritful, sport, sports, spunky, squash, stake,
     stickball, stock, straight poker, stratagem, strategic plan,
     strategy, strings, stud poker, subterfuge, surfing, system,
     systematization, table tennis, tactic, tactical plan, tactics,
     target, teleology, tenacious, tennis, tenpins, tent pegging, test,
     tetherball, the big picture, the hunted, the picture, thirty-one,
     threesome, ticktacktoe, tiddlywinks, tilt, tilting, tipcat, tivoli,
     tobogganing, toss, tough, tournament, tourney, toy, tractable,
     trade, trapshooting, trial, trick, trickery, tug of war,
     twenty-one, twosome, ultimate aim, unafraid, undaunted, underplot,
     unflinching, valiant, valorous, venery, venison, viande, victim,
     vingt-et-un, vocation, volleyball, wager, walk, walk of life,
     water polo, waterskiing, way, web of intrigue, well-disposed,
     well-inclined, whist, wild animals, wildlife, wile, willed,
     willing, willinghearted, wily device, wire-pulling, wires, work,
     working plan, wrestling, zealous
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 比赛,游戏;
  a. 勇敢的,有胆量的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 游戏,野味
     vi. 赌博
     a. 勇敢的,比赛,玩耍,比分,得胜,比赛规则,策略

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