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I find that I live a much more active life in this game than I ever have in real life.

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Quick take

a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

noun

a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

noun

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for game.

noun

a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

noun

a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

noun

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"

noun

animal hunted for food or sport

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(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

noun

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"

noun

the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

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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"

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the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday"

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your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

noun

frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

verb

place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

adjective

disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"

See also: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy

adjective

willing to face danger

See also: gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

Example sentences

I find that I live a much more active life in this game than I ever have in real life.

When I ask him why he did it, he answers with the same conviction that led him to create the game.

It'd be easy to write an article like this one, condemning all videos games as crap.

Look at the Upgrade Complete series, which is a fun set of commentary on games at the same time it's a fun game.

I browse regularly but only tend to comment when I have something good to add. I don't try to game the system, and I don't try to comment immediately on new posts.

If you want to win at the "italian restaurant" search game, you have to bid the highest for the ad, which means you must have the highest margin.

Some people love this work, they can stay useful and "in the game", but some hate it because it comes with the cachet of being stale and not keeping up with the times.

> Is there some sort of crazy game of one-upmanship in the USA as to who can drive the most impractical gas guzzler?Not at all.

There are core gameplay mechanics that are still fundamentally broken.

That means that gmaes need to sell at least 10% more units than current games are doing, and eren that will only guarantee the losses of tens of millions we're seeing now.

I searched a bit and it appears as if 1024 is also inspired by Threes, so my game is probably the last of a long chain of clones :PThe code is also open-source.

The top rated comment on this question asserts that the reason why programmers have lower salaries is because they are logical, intelligent individuals who refuse to play the politics game and thus are hated by executives.