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gamesnounpl. of game a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prizedecided he would indulge in a friendly basketball game with his friends before dinner bouts, competitions, contests, events, matches, matchups, meets, sweepstakes(also sweep-stake), tournaments, tourneys athletics, sportsbattles, conflicts, scrimmages, skirmishes, struggles, tugs-of-war, tussleschampionships, nationalsfinals, nightcaps, play-offs, semifinalsderbies, field days, gymkhanas, outingsbiathlons, decathlons, heptathlons, pentathlons, triathlonsmarathons, races, ultramarathonsheats, rounds, runs, setsrallies, volleysround-robins, rubbers, runoffs, sudden deathsdead heats, photo finishes, seesawsclassics a method worked out in advance for achieving some objectivethe crook told his accomplice, "Here's the game: look surprised when the police ask about the money" arrangements, blueprints, designs, game plans, ground plans, master plans, plans, programs, projects, road maps, schemes, strategies, systems collusions, conspiracies, plotscontrivances, devices, gambits, maneuvers, ruses, stratagems, subterfuges, trickscounterplans, counterstrategies(or counter-strategies)means, tactics, techniques, waysprocedures, protocolsconceptions, ideas, projets, proposals, specifications, specificsaims, intentions, intents, purposesdiagrams, formulas(or formulae), layouts, maps, patterns, platforms, policies, recipes, setups the activity by which one regularly makes a livingstand-up comedy is his game, and he's one of a handful of people making a decent living at it callings, employments, lays, lines, occupations, professions, trades, vocations, works calls, lifeworksbusinesses, enterprises, fields, livelihoods, livings, métiers(also metiers), rackets(slang)assignments, engagements, gigs, missionsarts, crafts, handcrafts, handicraftsappointments, berths, billets, offices, places, positions, posts, situationsduties, functions, jobs, loads, tasks, workloads avocations, hobbies, pursuits a region of activity, knowledge, or influencethe education game simply was no longer of interest to her areas, arenas, bailiwicks, baronies, businesses, circles, demesnes, departments, disciplines, domains, elements, fiefdoms, fiefs, fields, firmaments, fronts, kingdoms, lines, precincts, provinces, realms, specialties, spheres, terrains, walks frontiersstudies, subjectsterritories, turfs(also turves)occupations, professions, pursuits, rackets, vocationsambits, amplitudes, breadths, compasses, confines, dimensions, extents, kens, reaches, scopes, sweeps, widthssubfields, subspecialties(also sub-specialties) |