game

«game» in Mova's school dictionary: something you play for fun with rules, like football… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A game is something you play for fun with rules, like football, chess or tag. tree →

2) A game is one match: «We won the game 3–1». tree →

3) Games can mean a big sports event: the Olympic Games. tree →

4) Game is wild animals hunted for food. tree →

5) To be game is to be willing to try. tree →

sense 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 →
• They won 12 games. tree →
• He has 15 video games. tree →
• She scored 18 points in the game. tree →
• Let's play a board game. tree →
• We played a maths game in class. tree →
• It's only a game, so be a good loser. tree →
• Are you game for a swim? tree →
• Suddenly he tried the guessing game. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• Anyone offering free game coins for your login is a scammer trying to steal the account or a parent's card details.
• A bad picture fades faster if you fill your head with something else, like a favourite place, a game or a song.
• For stories and pretend games that randomness is fun.
• The bot gives the common version of a game; local rules are decided by the people who play.
• Board-game tips are well written about online, so bots can give real ones.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «game» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.