Definition of Game

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Definition of Game

Game

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.

The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

To play at any sport or diversion.

To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.

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Game Quotations

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.
Albert Einstein

If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Warren Buffett

Risk is a part of God's game, alike for men and nations.
Warren Buffett

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.
Winston Churchill

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.
Winston Churchill

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
Winston Churchill

It's not so important who starts the game but who finishes it.
John Wooden

We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.
Vince Lombardi

There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I never want to finish second again.
Vince Lombardi

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling.
Vince Lombardi

Game Translations

game in Afrikaans is wedstryd
game in Danish is leg, spil
game in Dutch is spel
game in French is jeu
game in German is Spiel, Partie, Spiel
game in Italian is giuoco
game in Latin is venatio, ludus
game in Norwegian is spill
game in Portuguese is jogo
game in Spanish is baraja, juego

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