Game | Mean of game in English Dictionary

/ˈgeɪm/

• Noun
• a physical or mental activity or contest that has rules and that people do for pleasure
1. a card game
2. party games [=activities people do at parties for pleasure]
3. word games [=games or puzzles that involve words]
4. computer games
5. poker and other gambling games
6. Baseball is my favorite game. [=sport]
• a particular occurrence of a game
1. Do you want to play a game (of tennis/cards)?
2. She scored a goal to tie the game.
3. They won/lost the game.
4. We played a few games of chess.
5. That was a good game!
• one of the games that are part of a larger contest (such as a tennis match)
1. She won the first two games, but lost the set and the match.

• playful activities
1. children playing at their games
• an organized series of athletic contests
• the Olympics
1. Let the Games begin.
• the way someone plays in a sport
1. They are known to play a very rough game.
2. She has a strong all-around game.
3. She needs to improve her game if she wants to win the championship.
4. Champions can raise/lift their game [=can play better] when they're in danger of losing.
• a skill that is used in playing a particular game or sport
1. a football team with a strong running/passing game
• an activity that is being compared to a game or contest
1. He's a loser in the game of love. [=he is not successful in romantic relationships]
2. the game of life
3. They're playing a dangerous game by refusing to negotiate.
4. He's trying to beat them at their own game. [=he's trying to gain an advantage over them by using the same methods that they use]
5. the mating game [=the effort to find a sexual partner]
• a type of work
1. She's spent the last 30 years in the newspaper game.
2. the money game
3. the fight game [=professional boxing]
• something that is not meant to be taken seriously
1. Politics for her is just a game.
2. Was our entire relationship just a game to you?
• a usually dishonest or unfair plan for doing something
1. I've seen through your little game and I know what you're really after!
2. What's his game? [=what is his real reason for doing the things he is doing?]
3. We can't let him know anything about it. He's too likely to give the game away.
4. Okay, the game is up. [=the jig is up] We know you forged the letters.
• animals that are hunted
1. wild game
2. small game
3. a game bird/fish [=a bird or fish that may be legally hunted or caught]
4. a game preserve [=an area of land in which hunting and fishing are carefully controlled]
5. a game warden [=a person who makes sure that hunting and fishing laws are obeyed]
6. The police aren't interested in these small-time drug dealers; they're after much bigger game.
• in a position or situation in which you are likely to succeed, win, etc.
1. The company has stayed ahead of the game by meeting new government standards before they go into effect.
• at an early/late time in a game or sport
1. She scored a goal early in the game. [=near the beginning of the game]
2. It's too late in the game to change the date of the meeting. [=it's no longer reasonable to change the date; the meeting is too soon for the date to be changed]
3. She got into the computer industry early in the game. [=when the industry was new]
• actions that are meant to confuse or upset someone in order to get an advantage
1. I couldn't handle the head games that came with the job anymore.
2. She's known for playing mind games with her opponents.
• working as a prostitute
1. I didn't know she was on the game.
• to treat someone in a dishonest or unfair way in order to get an advantage
1. Stop playing games (with me) and tell me what really happened!
2. I'm trying to be honest with you. I'm not interested in playing games.
• to behave in a way that is not serious
1. Let's stop playing games and get down to business.
• the only available, desirable, or valuable thing
1. For serious home cooks, this stove is the only game in town. [=it is the only stove that serious home cooks should want to have]
2. Our company is no longer the only game in town. [=we now have competition; another company/business is doing what we do]
• willing or ready to do something
1. “Do you feel like going to the movies tonight?” “Sure, I'm game.”
2. They were game for anything. = They were game to try anything.
• showing a willingness to work hard, keep trying, etc.
1. They remained game [=determined] to the end.
2. She lost despite a game effort.