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# game

noun (game, games); adjective (game — willing)

«game» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A game is something you play for fun with rules, like football, chess or tag. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#m1)
2. A game is one match: «We won the game 3–1». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#m2)
3. Games can mean a big sports event: the Olympic Games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#m3)
4. Game is wild animals hunted for food. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#m4)
5. To be game is to be willing to try. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#m5)

### In the lessons

a thing counted (games played, won, lost, video games owned) or the time when points are scored; games won + lost = played; «points per game» is a rate; phrases: «play a game», «board game», «video game», «win the game», «game over»

### Examples

- The team played 22 games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x1)
- They won 12 games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x2)
- He has 15 video games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x3)
- She scored 18 points in the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x4)
- Let's play a board game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x5)
- We played a maths game in class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x6)
- It's only a game, so be a good loser. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x7)
- Are you game for a swim? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x8)
- Suddenly he tried the guessing game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a game, games. A thing counted or an event. Games won + lost = played (if there are no draws). Trap: «points per game» is a rate to multiply.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «game» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/game/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«game» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/game.html) on Mova free.