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game
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?m, IPA(key): /?e?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
Etymology 1
From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gaman? (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
Cognate with Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”), Icelandic gaman (“fun”). Related to gammon, gamble.
Noun
game (countable and uncountable, plural games)
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- 1983, Lawrence Lasker & al., WarGames:
- Joshua: Shall we play a game?
David: ... Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War?
Joshua: Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
David: Later. Let's play Global Thermonuclear War.
Joshua: Fine.
- Joshua: Shall we play a game?
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 37:
- From time to time, track-suited boys ran past them, with all the deadly purpose and humourless concentration of those who enjoyed Games.
- 1983, Lawrence Lasker & al., WarGames:
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game; match.
- “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, chapter 11:
- I played golf with her that same afternoon. She lost eight balls, I remember. Eight. I had a terrible time getting her to at least open her eyes when she took a swing at the ball. I improved her game immensely, though.
- 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, chapter 11:
- (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (countable) A video game.
- Hypernym: title
- (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, straining upon the start. The game’s afoot!
- “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- 1998, Nate Dogg, She's Strange (song)
- She's strange, so strange, but I didn't complain. She said yes to me when I ran my game.
- 1998, Nate Dogg, She's Strange (song)
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
- Your murderous game is nearly up.
- It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:game
- (synonyms to be checked): pastime, play, recreation, frolic, sport, diversion, fun, amusement, merriment, festivity, entertainment, spree, prank, lark, gambol, merrymaking, gaiety
- (instance of gameplay): match
- (field of gainful activity): line
- (military): wargame
- (business or occupation): racket
- (questionable practices): racket
Antonyms
- (antonyms to be checked): drudgery, work, toil
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Dutch: gamen, game
- ? Japanese: ???
- ? Norman: gamme
- ? Norwegian: gamen, game
- ? Portuguese: game
- ? Spanish: game
- ? Welsh: gêm
Translations
Adjective
game (comparative gamer, superlative gamest)
- (colloquial) Willing to participate.
- (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
- Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
Synonyms
- (willing to participate): sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant
Antonyms
- (willing to participate): cautious, disinclined
Translations
Verb
game (third-person singular simple present games, present participle gaming, simple past and past participle gamed)
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
- (transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- 2005, "Picking up the pieces", The Economist, 6 October 2005:
- Returning briefly to his journalistic persona to interview Britney Spears, he finds himself gaming her, and she gives him her phone number.
- 2010, Mystery, The Pickup Artist: The New and Improved Art of Seduction, Villard Books (2010), ?ISBN, page 100:
- A business associate of mine at the time, George Wu, sat across the way, gaming a stripper the way I taught him.
- 2010, Sheila McClear, "Would you date a pickup artist?", New York Post, 9 July 2010:
- How did Amanda know she wasn’t getting gamed? Well, she didn’t. “I would wonder, ‘Is he saying stuff to other girls that he says to me?’ We did everything we could to cut it off . . . yet we somehow couldn’t.”
- 2005, "Picking up the pieces", The Economist, 6 October 2005:
Derived terms
- game the system
- gamer
Translations
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
game (comparative more game, superlative most game)
- Injured, lame (of a limb).
- around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade
- You come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure."
- around 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade
See also
- game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- MEGA, Mega, mage, mega, mega-
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?m/
- Hyphenation: game
- Rhymes: -e?m
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English game.
Noun
game m (plural games, diminutive gamepje n)
- A video game, an electronic game.
- Synonyms: videogame, videospel
Hyponyms
- computerspel
Related terms
- gamen
- gamer
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
game
- first-person singular present indicative of gamen
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gamen
- imperative of gamen
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English gamen, gomen; from Proto-Germanic *gaman?, of disputed origin.
Alternative forms
- gamen, gemen, gomen, gome, gammen, gaume, gamme, gamin, gomin, gomyn, gomun, gam, geme
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?m(?)/, /??am(?)/, /??a?m?n/, /??am?n/
- (from OE gomen) IPA(key): /????m(?)/, /????m?n/
- (Kent) IPA(key): /????m(?)/, /????m?n/
Noun
game (plural games or game)
- Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is enjoyable:
- A sport or other outdoor or physical activity.
- A game; a codified (and often competitive) form of entertainment.
- Sexual or romantic entertainment or activity (including intercourse in itself).
- An amusing, joking, or humorous activity or event.
- Any kind of event or occurrence; something that happens:
- An endeavour; a set of actions towards a goal.
- Any kind of activity having competition or rivalry.
- The state of being happy or joyful.
- Game; wild animals hunted for food.
- (rare) One's quarry; that which one is trying to catch.
- (rare) Gamesmanship; gaming behaviour.
- (rare) The reward for winning a game.
Derived terms
- gameful
- gamely
- gamen
Descendants
- English: game, gammon (dialectal gam) (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: gemme, gem, gyem
- Yola: gaame, gaaume
References
- “g?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-09.
Etymology 2
From Old English gæmnian, gamnian, gamenian.
Verb
game
- Alternative form of gamen
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English game.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /??ejm/, /??ej.mi/
Noun
game m (plural games)
- (Brazil, slang) electronic game (game played on an electronic device, such as a computer game, a video game or the like)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:game.
See also
- jogo
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /???.mi/
Verb
game
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of gamar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of gamar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of gamar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of gamar
Spanish
Noun
game m (plural games)
- (tennis) game
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opinion
English
Etymology
From Middle English opinion, opinioun, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?, from op?nor (“to opine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?nj?n/
- Rhymes: -?nj?n
- Hyphenation: opin?ion
Noun
opinion (plural opinions)
- A belief, judgment or perspective that a person has formed, either through objective or subjective reasoning, about a topic, issue, person or thing.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- Truth, in matters of religion, is simply the opinion that has survived.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
- The judgment or sentiment which the mind forms of persons or things; estimation.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- I have bought golden opinions from all sorts of people.
- Friendship […] gives a man a peculiar right and claim to the good opinion of his friend.
- 1606, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, I. vii. 32:
- (obsolete) Favorable estimation; hence, consideration; reputation; fame; public sentiment or esteem.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- Thou hast redeemed thy lost opinion.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, V. iv. 47:
- (obsolete) Obstinacy in holding to one's belief or impression; opiniativeness; conceitedness.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- Your reasons at / dinner have been sharp and sententious, pleasant / without scurrility, witty without affection, audacious / without impudency, learned without opinion, and / strange without heresy.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V. i. 5:
- The formal decision, or expression of views, of a judge, an umpire, a doctor, or other party officially called upon to consider and decide upon a matter or point submitted.
- (European Union law) a judicial opinion delivered by an Advocate General to the European Court of Justice where he or she proposes a legal solution to the cases for which the court is responsible
Derived terms
Related terms
- opination
- opine
- opinionated
Translations
See also
- fact
Verb
opinion (third-person singular simple present opinions, present participle opinioning, simple past and past participle opinioned)
- (transitive, archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
- But if (as some opinion) King Ahasuerus were Artaxerxes Mnemon [...], our magnified Cyrus was his second Brother
- 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Graden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 166)
Translations
References
- opinion at OneLook Dictionary Search
- opinion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- opinion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Esperanto
Noun
opinion
- accusative singular of opinio
French
Etymology
From Middle French opinion, from Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.pi.nj??/
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “opinion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion (thought, estimation)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinioner, definite plural opinionene)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?, via French opinion
Noun
opinion m (definite singular opinionen, indefinite plural opinionar, definite plural opinionane)
- (public) opinion
Derived terms
- folkeopinion
References
- “opinion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin op?ni?.
Pronunciation
Noun
opinion f (plural opinions)
- opinion
- Synonym: vejaire
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