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[geɪm] noun I

1) [C] an activity that you take part in for fun, usually one that has rules

Monopoly is a game for all the family.[/ex]

The children were playing noisy games in the garden.[/ex]

computer/video games[/ex]

2) [C] a type of sport

They take the game of cricket very seriously here.[/ex]

3) [C] a particular event in which people take part in a competition

He won the money in a poker game.[/ex]

Let's have a game of volleyball.[/ex]

4) games

[plural] an event where people from different countries compete in sports such as running, jumping, and swimming

the Olympic Games[/ex]

5) games

[singular] British sports that children play at school

Miss Plumtree takes us for games.[/ex]

6) [U] wild animals, birds, and fish that people hunt, usually for food

7) [C] an activity or situation that someone seems to be treating less seriously than it should be treated

Marriage is just a game to them.[/ex]

They are playing political games with people's safety.[/ex]

•

give the game away — to let people know a secret when you did not intend to let them know[/ex]

The expression on her face gave the game away.[/ex]

what's your/his/her game? — spoken used for asking someone what their true intentions are when you think that they are not being honest[/ex]

See:

ball game,

board game,

fair game,

name I

II

adj

game [geɪm]

prepared to try a new, difficult, or dangerous activity

‘Do you want to try it?' ‘I'm game if you are.'[/ex]