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gap
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: gap, IPA(key): /?æp/
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
From Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”), related to Danish gab (“an expanse, space, gap”), Old English ?eap (“open space, expanse”), Old Norse gapa (“to gape”); compare gape.
Noun
gap (plural gaps)
- An opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
- An opening allowing passage or entrance.
- An opening that implies a breach or defect.
- A vacant space or time.
- A hiatus, a pause in something which is otherwise continuous.
- A vacancy, deficit, absence, or lack.
- (see also gap-toothed)
- A mountain or hill pass.
- (Sussex) A sheltered area of coast between two cliffs (mostly restricted to place names).
- (baseball) The regions between the outfielders.
- (Australia, for a medical or pharmacy item) The shortfall between the amount the medical insurer will pay to the service provider and the scheduled fee for the item.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
- Under bulk billing the patient does not pay a gap, and the medical practitioner receives 85% of the scheduled fee.
- 2008, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds, Helen Keleher, Understanding the Australian Health Care System, page 5,
- (Australia) (usually written as "the gap") The disparity between the indigenous and non-indigenous communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- (genetics) An unsequenced region in a sequence alignment.
Synonyms
- (opening made by breaking or parting): break, hole, rip, split, tear, rift, chasm, fissure
- (opening allowing passage or entrance): break, clearing, hole, opening; see also Thesaurus:hole
- (opening that implies a breach or defect): space
- (vacant space or time): break, space, window; see also Thesaurus:interspace or Thesaurus:interim
- (hiatus): hiatus; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (mountain pass): col, neck, pass
- (in baseball):
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- gapless
- gap-toothed
- mind the gap
- Scots' Gap
- Watford Gap
Related terms
- bridge the gap
- gap year
- stand in the gap
Translations
Verb
gap (third-person singular simple present gaps, present participle gapping, simple past and past participle gapped)
- (transitive) To notch, as a sword or knife.
- (transitive) To make an opening in; to breach.
- (transitive) To check the size of a gap.
- (New Zealand, slang) To leave suddenly.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
gap (plural gaps)
- Alternative form of gup (elected head of a gewog in Bhutan)
Anagrams
- AGP, APG, GPA, PAG, PGA, Pag
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?p
Etymology 1
Verb
gap
- first-person singular present indicative of gappen
- imperative of gappen
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English gap. Related to gapen, gaap, jaap.
Noun
gap n (plural gappen, diminutive gapje n)
- (business) gap
- Synonyms: gat, kloof
French
Noun
gap m (plural gaps)
- (chemistry) gap
- gap (difference)
Garo
Noun
gap
- snail
Icelandic
Etymology
Back-formation from gapa (“to open one's mouth wide; to yawn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?p/
- Rhymes: -a?p
Noun
gap n (genitive singular gaps, nominative plural göp)
- gap, opening
- Synonyms: op, rifa, glufa
Declension
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ap/
- Hyphenation: gap
Noun
gap
- beating, the sound of action by which someone or something is beaten.
- Synonym: degap
Etymology 2
From English gap, from Middle English gap, gappe, a borrowing from Old Norse gap (“an empty space, gap, chasm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ap/
- Hyphenation: gap
Noun
gap
- gap,
- an opening in anything.
- Synonym: celah
- the disparity between communities with regard to life expectancy, education, health, etc.
- Synonym: kesenjangan
- an opening in anything.
Further reading
- “gap” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
gap
- imperative of gape
Old Norse
Etymology
Presumably from gapa (“to gape”).
Pronunciation
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /???p/
Noun
gap n (genitive gaps, plural g?p)
- gap, empty space
- V?luspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
- […] gap var ginnunga, / en gras hvergi.
- […] gap was of void, / but grass nowhere.
- V?luspá, verse 3, lines 7-8, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 1:
- (figuratively) shouting, crying, gab
- Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
- […] þar uar suo mikit hareyste og gap […]
- […] there was so much noise and gab […]
- Haralds saga herdráða 64, in 1868, C. R. Unger, G. Vigfússon, Flateyjarbok. Udg. efter offentlig foranstaltning, Volume 3. Christiania, page 425:
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- gap in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- gap in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- gap in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ap/
Noun
gap m pers
- (usually in the plural, derogatory) gawker, gaper, mindless onlooker, rubbernecker
- Synonym: gapowicz
Usage notes
- Because this word inflects as if it contained a terminal [p?], which no longer exists in Polish and cannot be represented in Polish orthography, the nominative singular form is in practice used only as a lemma in dictionaries. Most native speakers only recognize this word in its inflected forms.
Declension
Noun
gap f
- genitive plural of gapa
Verb
gap
- second-person singular imperative of gapi?
Further reading
- gap in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- gap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse gap
Noun
gap n
- chasm or abyss
- gap; an opening that implies a breach or defect.
- a mouth, especially when wide open
- the space between the jaws of a wrench
Declension
Related terms
Anagrams
- Apg., p.g.a., pga
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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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