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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
game
/ɡeɪm/
noun1 of 2
activity with rules that people play to have fun
- “I get emotional sometimes after a nice game of chess.”Tatoeba
- “To become a loser you need to play the game.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To gamble.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)