A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.
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A particular style or manner of playing a game: improved my tennis game with practice.
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A period of competition or challenge: It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project.
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A single instance of such an activity: We lost the first game.
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An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.
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idiom
Ahead of the game In a position of advantage; winning or succeeding.
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verb-transitive
Archaic To waste or lose by gambling.
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adjective
Crippled; lame: a game leg.
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Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute: She put up a game fight against her detractors.
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Ready and willing: Are you game for a swim?.
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Having or showing a resolute unyielding spirit .
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Willing or ready to proceed .
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verb-intransitive
To play for stakes; gamble.
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