game in English: A game is something you play for fun, often with rules and a winner. (noun)

Translation

A game is something you play for fun, often with rules and a winner.

Word origin

Game comes from an old English word for fun and joyful play.

Origin: Old English
Root: gamen

Grammar

Gender

Pluralgames

Examples

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The children did a fun activity outside.

.

Our side beat the other side in the match.

?

Would you like to do a game on a board with me?

A game is something we play for fun, usually with rules that say how to win. Football, chess, and hide-and-seek are all games.

Related words

play

To take part in a game or fun activity, or to make music on an instrument.

win

To come first in a game, race, or fight, or to get something as a prize.

lose

To stop having something, or to not win a game or contest.

friend

A person you know well and like, who is not in your family.

boy

A male child, or a young male person.

activity

Something that you do, often for fun, for sport, or to learn.

bat

A small animal with wings that flies at night; also a wooden stick used to hit a ball in some games.

bet

To risk money on what you think will happen.

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