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A g___ is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle .A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle .
...the wonderful game of football.
...a playful game of hide-and-seek.
...a video game.
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A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle .
...the wonderful game of football.
...a playful game of hide-and-seek.
...a video game.
A game is one particular occasion on which a game is played.
It was the first game of the season.
He regularly watched our games from the stands.
We won three games against Australia.
A game is a part of a match, for example in tennis or bridge, consisting of a fixed number of points.
She won six games to love in the second set.
...the last three points of the second game.
Games are an organized event in which competitions in several sports take place.
...the Commonwealth Games.
Games are organized sports activities that children do at school.
At his grammar school he is remembered for being bad at games but good in debates.
Someone's game is the degree of skill or the style that they use when playing a particular game.
Once I was through the first set my game picked up.
You can describe a situation that you do not treat seriously as a game .
Many people regard life as a game: you win some, you lose some.
It's a cat-and-mouse game to him, and I'm the mouse.
You can use game to describe a way of behaving in which a person uses a particular plan, usually in order to gain an advantage for himself or herself.
When the uncertainties become greater than the certainties, we end up in a game of bluff.
Until now, the Americans have been playing a very delicate political game.
Wild animals or birds that are hunted for sport and sometimes cooked and eaten are referred to as game .
...men who shot game for food.
adjective
If you are game for something, you are willing to do something new, unusual, or risky .
After all this time he still had new ideas and was game to try them.
He said he's game for a similar challenge next year.
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