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The correct spelling is games.
How to pronounce games
/ɡeɪmz/
nounIPA: /ɡeɪmz/
Say it like: Gam-es
The correct spelling is games. A playful or competitive activity. For example: "He's in the securities game somehow."
Usage Examples
“He's in the securities game somehow.”
“In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.”
“The forest has plenty of game.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A playful or competitive activity.
- 2.A video game.
- 3.(nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- 4.Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- 5.An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
verb
- 1.To gamble.
- 2.To play card games, board games, or video games.
- 3.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.
- 4.(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
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