game
a contest with rules to determine a winner
How often you will meet it
Rank 896 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,556 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a contest with rules to determine a winner you need four people to play this game
- a single play of a sport or other contest the game lasted two hours
- an amusement or pastime they played word gameshe thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win the game is 6 allhe is serving for the game
game in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The governor played his own game, not mine.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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What is there left after a lost game?
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Old maids are quoted as thinking that it distracts the game.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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In the afternoon of commencement day there is a base-ball game at Yale Field.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Somebody carried me up and undressed me, and promised me a great game of kissing in the morning.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1