单词	game
释义	game1 noungame2 adjectivegame3 verb gamegame1 /ɡeɪm/ ●●● S1 W1 noun Entry menu MENU FOR gamegame1 activity or sport2 games3 part of a match4 children5 skill6 give the game away7 beat somebody at their own game8 not serious9 play games (with somebody)10 animals/birds11 the only game in town12 business13 what’s her/your etc game?14 the game’s up15 a game of chance16 somebody got game17 be on the game18 game on19 game over20 make game of somebody Word Origin WORD ORIGINgame1 Origin: Old English gamen Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "Psychic Detective" is a CD-ROM computer game from Electronic Arts Studios. a video game About 7 million households have people who play computer games. Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game. Board games are still popular gifts. board games like Monopoly and Ludo Chadwick suggested that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders. Chess is such a difficult game. Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday? Evansville will play Maryland in the championship game. Harvey has devised a Spanish-English language card game. Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game. How about a game of tennis this evening? I'm not very good at card games. I got two tickets for the Bulls' game. In Wales, rugby is the national game. Let's have a game of chess. Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game. Sampras leads, two games to one. Sharpe had injured a knee in a football game a few weeks earlier EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Breakdown must be one of the best reader's games we've ever had. But I just tried to keep focusing on the game. In 18 games for Ottawa last season he had 15 points. Players have stepped up their games. That is why so few books on the middle game, he wrote, though plenty on openings and endgames. The Vikings nearly won the game in regulation. Then you proceed to get all the other pairs to win the game ten pairs to none. They were, though, marginally the more inventive in a game that showed signs of decline from the early stages. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatoran activity played by rules that you do for enjoyment► game an activity that you do for enjoyment, and that you play according to a set of rules: · Chess is such a difficult game.· Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game.· The women set up bingo games and bake sales to raise money for the charity.the game of football/basketball/tennis: · The game of golf was invented in Scotland.· Chadwick suggested that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders.the national game (=the most popular game in a country): · In Wales, rugby is the national game.computer game: · About 7 million households have people who play computer games.· "Psychic Detective" is a CD-ROM computer game from Electronic Arts Studios.card game (=a game you play using a set of playing cards): · I'm not very good at card games.· Harvey has devised a Spanish-English language card game.board game (=a game played on a board with pieces of wood, plastic etc that you move around): · board games like Monopoly and Ludo an occasion when people compete against each other in a game► game an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a game or sport: · Sharpe had injured a knee in a football game a few weeks earliera game of chess/soccer/darts etc: · Would you be up for a game of darts at the local pub?· We played three games of checkers, and she beat me every time.best/worst/first etc game of the season: · We were able to get seats for the last game of the season. ► match an occasion when two people or teams compete against each other in a sport or game - used especially about soccer, rugby, cricket, tennis, or chess: · Chess experts expected Kadparov to win the next match.football/cricket/boxing etc match: · A cricket match was in progress on the school sports field.· Keith sprained his wrist in a wrestling match. ► event a match or competition, especially one that is important and is attended by a lot of people: · Tomorrow's match against Portugal is expected to be the big event of the season.sporting event: · John rarely misses a sporting event in his town.· Wimbledon is one of Britain's great sporting events. to play a game► play · I used to play tennis all the time.· Do you know how to play backgammon?· Ask Alex if he wants to play.play for somebody · Sweet Lou played for the Detroit Tigers.play somebody/play against somebody · "They played well against us," Cooper said, "I have to give them credit." ► give somebody a game British to play a game against someone, especially when it is not a serious or important game: · I'll give you a game of chess if you want.· No one wants to give him a game because he's too good. someone who plays a game► player · a game for four players· Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year.good player (=good at playing a game) · I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player.· Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips. ► opponent someone who plays against another person in a game: · Brownlee regards Reaney as his most difficult opponent.· My opponent was much older than I was. ► team a group of people who play against another group in a game: · You're the best person on the team.· Pub quiz teams often have really silly names.team captain/manager etc: · Nasser Hussain, the England team captain, was injured in the game against the West Indies. when children play games► play if children play , they do things they enjoy, either together in a group, or with their toys: · This is the schoolground where we played as children.· We played card games and hide-and-seek.play with: · Ian was upstairs playing with his new train set.· Jimmy was playing with a little boat in the bathtub.play at something British (=play a game in which you pretend to be someone): · We used to play at cops and robbers. physical activities in which people compete against each other► sport British /sports American physical activities that need effort and skill and that are usually competitive: · She's interested in cinema, music and sport.· Sport has always been very important in this part of the country.do sport British: · We don't do much sport at my school.play sports especially American: · Today's kids need to spend less time watching television, and more time playing sports. ► games British a period of time in school when you do organized sports activities such as football, tennis etc, usually outdoors: · The boys have games on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.· Hurry up or you'll be late for your games lesson. ► gym (class) also P.E., also Phys. Ed. American a period of time in school when you do organized physical activities: · Sometimes in Phys. Ed. we're allowed to go on the trampolines.· How many times a week do you have P.E.? a particular sport or game► sport a physical activity in which people or teams play, race etc against each other and try to win: · His favourite sports are swimming and tennis.· Motorcycle racing can be a dangerous sport.play a sport: · Which sports do you play at school?do a sport: · I think everyone should do at least one sport, in order to keep fit. ► game a sport that you play against another player or team, according to a set of rules: · Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game.do/play games: · The girls at King Edward's play all sorts of games - basketball, hockey, tennis, to name just a few. used for sport or related to sport► sports · Is there a shop that sells sports equipment near here?· Here is a list of the sports clubs in your area.· Heavy rain has flooded the sports field: all fixtures have been cancelled for a month. ► sporting : sporting activities/events/facilities etc · The Italian Grand Prix is one of the great sporting events of the year.· The hotel has four restaurants, a bar and a disco, as well as an impressive range of sporting facilities.· Sponsorship is important for sporting activities such as golf, football, cricket and motor-racing. an occasion when people compete against each other in a sport► game an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game.· I got two tickets for the Bulls' game.· Who won last night's game?game of tennis/squash etc: · How about a game of tennis this evening?basketball/football etc game: · Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday? ► match especially British an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Are you going to the match tomorrow?· If we win the next three matches, we could still go through to the semi-final.a football/cricket/boxing etc match: · A cricket match was in progress on the school sports field. ► race a competition in which several people try to run, drive, ride, swim etc faster than each other: · What time does the first race start?· Hill won the race, and Schumacher finished second.boat/car/horse etc race: · Her husband spent all their money gambling on horse races.· the annual university boat race between Oxford and Cambridge someone who does a sport► player someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: · One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.baseball/basketball etc player: · Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college. ► sportsman/sportswoman someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: · Every top sportsman needs the motivation of a fresh challenge.· Today's professional sportsmen can expect to earn enormous sums of money.· Mrs Hashimoto described herself as a keen sportswoman, fond of golf, tennis and swimming. ► athlete someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars: · The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.· Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.· It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs. a group of people who play against another group► team a group of people who play together against another group in a sport: · The women's team were beaten 6-2.football/baseball/cricket etc team: · I think the Yankees are one of the coolest baseball teams around.support a team (=like it best and want it to win): · Which football team do you support?be in a teamBritish /be on a team American: · If you want to be on the team, you have to turn up for regular training. ► side British one of two teams who are playing against each other: · Supporters of both sides braved the cold wet weather to watch the match.· Our side only needed one more goal to win. ► captain the main player in a team, who tells the other players what to do: · The captain must have given his team quite a talking-to at half time.captain of: · Who's the captain of England?team captain: · Shelley's the girls' team captain this year. a place where you do a sport► field a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money. ► pitch British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch. ► court an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts. ► leisure centre/complex British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town. ► gym a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon. ► pool/swimming pool a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains. ► stadium a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live. the person who makes sure that players obey the rules► referee/umpire the person who makes sure that the players obey the rules and decides if points have been won according to the rules. Use referee about football, basketball, hockey, and boxing. Use umpire about baseball, cricket, and tennis: · To United's disbelief, the referee failed to award the goal.· He made no attempt to hide his disgust at the umpire's decision, which cost him the match. ► judges the people who decide which person is the best in a competition such as skating, horse-riding etc, where people do not compete in teams: · The judges awarded first prize to 14-year-old Amanda Colton, on her horse, Donna. the points you get when you play a sport► point a unit used to show what you have achieved in a sport or game: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill led the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.get/score a point: · We lost the game when the Giants scored 14 points in the last quarter.· In darts, you get 50 points for hitting the bullseye. ► goal the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · England's only goal came midway through the second half.score a goal: · Venturini has scored the first goal in each of the two US victories in the Olympics.get a goal: · Spurs got two goals in the last five minutes of the game.an own goal (=when a player sends the ball into the wrong net, and so scores a point for the other team): · We won, but only because of an 88th minute own goal from the other side. ► score the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · After two hours and twenty minutes of play, the final score was 3-2. when two teams or players have the same score► tie /draw especially British when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The second game was very exciting, but it ended in a tie. ► be two all/be four all etc spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems to be the better team.· "What was the final score?" "One all." someone who watches a sport► spectator someone who goes to a game and watches people playing a sport: · I'm not playing myself, I'm just a spectator.· Over 30,000 spectators turned out for the women's basketball match against Zaire. ► fan someone who likes a particular sport, or a particular team, and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play: · Thousands of fans queued to buy tickets.football/cricket/hockey etc fan: · Over 200 British football fans were sent home after the violence in Rimini.United/England/Yankee etc fans: · Leeds fans howled in anguish as Arsenal scored another goal. ► supporter British someone who likes a particular sport or team and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play - use this especially about football: · Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium.· The town was full of football supporters, waiting for the big day.Milan/Liverpool etc supporter: · Milan supporters cheered as they scored their first goal in two games. very different from something or someone else► have nothing in common if two or more people or things have nothing in common , they do not have the same qualities, opinions, or interests: · Apart from the fact that we went to the same school, we have absolutely nothing in common.have nothing in common with: · Batavia was a completely new modern city, having very little in common with other Indonesian towns. ► bear no relation to to be completely different from and not connected in any way with another person or thing: · Everyone complains that the national tests bear no relation to what children have learnt in class.· I was astonished when I read the press release, which bore no relation to what I had told them. ► worlds apart/poles apart people, beliefs, or ideas that are worlds or poles apart are so completely different that there is almost nothing about them that is similar: · I don't know why Max took an interest in me. We were always worlds apart.worlds apart/poles apart from: · The children were on holiday, enjoying a lifestyle worlds apart from the one they had to put up with at home. ► be a far cry from if a situation is a far cry from another situation or place, it is so different that it is almost the opposite: · We had dinner at the Ritz, a far cry from our usual hamburger and fries.· The first Olympic Games in 1896 were a far cry from the slick spectacle of today. ► there's a world of difference between if you say there is a world of difference between two activities or situations, you mean that they are completely different from each other and people should not expect them to be the same: · There is a world of difference between home-made bread and the tasteless substance that many people buy today. ► be a whole new ball game especially American, informal to be very different from what you have done or experienced before: · Being married is one thing, but having children is a whole new ball game. ► be like chalk and cheese British informal if two people who are related or good friends are like chalk and cheese , they are completely different in a way that surprises you: · It's hard to believe that they're brothers -- they're like chalk and cheese! to play against someone else► play (against) · Barcelona will play Milan in the final.· This was McDaniel's first game playing against his former teammates.play tennis/golf/chess etc with somebody · Dad's out playing golf with Barry this morning.play somebody at tennis/golf etc British · I'm playing Andy at tennis this afternoon. ► face also take on to play against a person or team, especially one that will be difficult to beat - used in newspapers and broadcasts: · Tomorrow, Jane Wilkes, a first-round qualifier, takes on the world number one, Monica Seles.· UCLA will face North Carolina tonight at Pauley Pavilion. ► give somebody a game British informal to play a game against another person, especially when it is not a serious or important game: · If you want to play chess ask Maria -- she'll give you a game. ► versus against another person or team: · Yesterday in the semi-final we saw Sampras versus Henman.· It's a friendly game - the women versus the men. ► vs. also v British written abbreviation of versus: · Today's games include the Chicago Bulls vs. the Boston Celtics.· Gascoigne was back in the UK, to play in the England v France match. to accidentally tell someone a secret► let slip : let slip that · Alex let slip that he had spoken to Julie on the phone and knew where she was.let slip something/let something slip · He inadvertently let slip the name of their new product. ► let the cat out of the bag informal to accidentally tell someone something that allows them to guess a secret: · I'm sorry. Jim knows about last week's party. I'm afraid I let the cat out of the bag.· Some idiot's let the cat out of the bag -- Mrs Simpson realizes there's something going on. ► give the game away British /give the whole thing away American informal to accidentally say something or do something that makes someone guess a secret: · Don't mention Dad's birthday or you'll give the game away.· If you don't want to give the whole thing away, take that stupid smile off your face! WORD SETS► Children baby, nounbaby boomer, nounbabyhood, nounbabyish, adjectiveboy, nounchildren's home, nouncustody, nounfamily, nounfirst generation, nounfoundling, noungame, nounguttersnipe, nounhyperactive, adjectivelegitimate, adjectivelegitimize, verbminor, nounminority, nounmite, nounmotherless, adjectivenurture, nounorphan, nounorphanage, nounpapoose, nounpreteen, adjectiveprogeny, nounpuppy fat, nounragamuffin, nounscamp, nounschool friend, nounsextuplet, nounspoiled, adjectivetinker, nountoddle, verbtoddler, nountoilet-training, nountot, nounupbringing, nounurchin, nounward, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs► play a game · They explained how to play the game. ► see/watch a game · Did you see the game last night? ► have a game British English· They were having a game of pool. ► win/lose a game · A.C. Milan won the game with a last-minute goal.· Arsenal lost the game because of a mistake by their goalkeeper. ► the game is tied (=both teams or players had the same score)· The game was tied 10-10 at halftime. ► draw a game British English (=end the game with the same score as the opposing team or player)· We played badly and were lucky to draw the game. NOUN + game► a computer/video game · He was up all night playing computer games. ► a card game · Bridge is a card game for four people. ► a board/ball game · board games such as Monopoly and Scrabble ► a team game · I wasn't very good at team games when I was at school. ► a party game · What's your favourite party game? ► a basketball/baseball etc game · He was watching a baseball game on TV. ► a home game (=played at a team's own sports field)· Next Saturday Liverpool have a home game against Manchester United. ► an away game (=played at an opposing team's sports field)· We didn't win any away games last season. ► a league game (=played as part of a league competition)· There's a big league game against Chelsea on Saturday. ► a cup game (=played as part of a cup competition)· He hopes to play in the cup game on Wednesday. ► a playoff game American English (=one of a series of games played by the best teams in a competition to decide the final winner)· This is the first of their five playoff games. ► a play-off game British English (=played to decide the winner after a previous game ended with both teams having equal points) ► an indoor game · There is a hall for indoor games and social functions. ► an outdoor game · Outdoor games are affected by the weather. phrases► the rules of the game · It's against the rules of the game to pick up the ball. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a ball game · He’s always watching ball games on TV. ► a game bird (=that people shoot and eat)· They hunt game birds such as ducks and pheasants. ► game of bluff  Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff. ► a championship game/match · He was playing in his first championship game of the season. ► a chess game/match · Who won the chess game? ► a computer game · Kids love playing computer games. ► a football match/game · Do you often go to football matches? ► gave the game away  The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret). ► give the game away  I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much. ► a game of golf · Anybody fancy a game of golf this afternoon? ► a hard-fought battle/contest/game etc  one of the most hard-fought games this season a hard-fought battle for the presidency ► playing head games  He’s obviously playing head games with you. ► home team/game/crowd/club etc  The home team took the lead after 25 minutes. ► in as many days/weeks/games etc  A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). ► playing mind games  He’s obviously playing mind games with you. ► party games · The children had great fun playing party games. ► a game show (=in which people play games or answer questions to win prizes)· It’s been a popular game show for years. ► a team game/sport (=one that is played by teams)· In those days, girls didn’t play team sports. ► win a game/match · It’s supposed to be easier to win your home games. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► big · He says it's a big game for me and the club.· Everyone else is capable of a big game but rarely do they occur together.· It's all a big game.· Nebraska finishes with Iowa State, watered-down Colorado and some second-tier opponent in the Big 12 title game.· They reckon it's no bad thing to be going from one big game to another.· The biggest game of them all!· He scooped the jackpot and a diamond ring prize after calling house on 52 in our big money game number 229.· I love to play in big games. ► fair · All kinds of birds and fish were also fair game, with parrots being particularly prized prey.· Any woman on this street would seem to be fair game, and especially a gaijin.· Unlike the Koran, however, the Bible has long been fair game for spirited literary re-readings.· Government officials were always fair game to be bought by special interests.· To be fair his game did exceed that. emailinc Glurk.· And everything is fair game: If it moves, you can shoot.· However, small, non-mechanical parts are fair game and might show considerable savings.· Without a man, such women would be fair game for violence from anyone. ► good · Female speaker It's a good laugh; good team game, loads of spirit.· So the Raiders played their best game of the season.· Neil Greenwood says Rugby League is a better game than Union.· She really wasn't any good at this game of deception - especially where her friend was concerned.· My best games are ahead of me. ► olympic · But it also did not want to tarnish its image as a candidate to host the 2008 Olympic games.· The same teams meet in a pool A Olympic game July 26.· The third task of universities is a sort of Olympic games for intellectuals.· These Olympic games are themselves the product not of a municipal bid, but of private entrepreneurship.· The Olympic games version would settle for less than 10 per cent of school-leavers.· It happened at the Olympic games at Munich in 1972.· So important were the Olympic games in the ancient world that the calendar was set by them. ► video · At one school, children watched television and played video games as usual.· Why not turn the sport into a video game?· He saw her playing with the video games, checking out the board games, giving the stuffed animals trial hugs.· The self-absorbed child who is bright and verbal may be-come quite expert in computer, chess, and video games.· Congressional interest in video game violence has decreased.· You can also use his interest in computer or video games to motivate him to join in other activities. ► whole · In my case, this may happen once in a whole game.· Pretty music underscores the whole game.· I don't want you giving away our whole game.· It was so loud the whole game that you really have to appreciate that.· Clearly the whole game has a dimension of linear extension which enables a continual process of growth in recognition.· My whole game came together, putting included.· He did nearly nothing the whole game.· Do you want me to slam into 300-pound guys the whole game? NOUN► ball · Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game.· Analysts said the company had done just what it needed to do to stay in the telephone company ball game.· He also went out to the streets of Sedgefield to interview villagers on their feelings about the Sedgefield ball game.· Nothing works quite like finger food in terms of complementing a b-ball game.· This war will start at an appointed time, like a ball game.· Everyone laughed. Ball games became even more fun.· They looked like three guys relaxing after a ball game.· As we enter the final straight, everything will hinge on how we respond and adjust to the new ball game. ► board · Games At one time most games relevant to history were board games.· Lots of computer-generated technical dazzle in this fantasy about jungle animals escaping a supernatural board game and terrorizing a New Hampshire town.· When you are laying out a new workshop you can play a particularly entertaining board game.· He saw her playing with the video games, checking out the board games, giving the stuffed animals trial hugs.· But this trendy new board game is littered with connotations of drug use.· Cyril said, throwing the board games, one by one, downward.· A family hooked on the board game Cluedo found Asha'a body in Somerset last week, 14 years after she vanished.· Designed like a board game, your choices move a young writer through his career. ► card · He was said to have returned to his own room to finish a card game of patience before reporting finding the body.· She also acts vividly, and the card game and last-minute rescue are effectively tense.· Consider the card games, whist and bridge.· There were, as Yves had predicted so confidently, no card games in the boathouse.· A little fat guy came in and said he was for the card game in Room 42.· Many also knew card games like monte, poker, and seven-up. ► computer · Children from well-off families would rather play computer games than go outside.· The museum car also features computer games and quizzes to test visitors' knowledge of train lore and station architecture.· We both read a great deal and play computer games.· They played computer games, partied together, had a lot of the same friends.· The children in particular had a great time with computer games, entertainers and bouncy castles to keep them occupied.· Presley City, all of it, is some kind of big computer game.· Entertainment World run one of the biggest computer games clubs. ► football · In May 1988, Tudorbury dealers had the bright idea of fixing a football game with Harvard Securities.· Or with so many global crises to keep an eye on, what the Almighty was doing watching a football game.· He also happened to have a wager on the outcome of the football game.· All were allegedly taken at the same football game by freelance photographer E. J. Flammer.· Lula exclaimed when Alvin approached her with news of a school football game he was to play in.· Oh, and there will a football game, too. ► home · Also, what's the situation with home games?· Every home game has been sold out to season ticket-holders since 1960.· It was tense for a few minutes ... but it was the first home game ... and the first win at stake.· It is attached to the hotel where the Packers stay the night before their home games.· Middlesbrough hope for a good crowd despite it being the third home game of the week.· The caution takes Mohan to 21 points and a one-match ban that will rule him out of the home game against Barnsley.· David takes him to one of the home games, then briefs Jody by phone before the guy calls for a date. ► league · This, in fact, was the seventh defeat in their last nine League games.· It's Monday night and he's watching a National Football League game.· Chelsea have yet to win a League game in his absence, taking four points from a possible 12.· Their first league game was played at the beginning of September, at the Glenpatrick Road pitch.· Worked-out by the all-conquering micro-chip this gives Durham four home fixtures, including two Sunday league games, by April 26.· Crosby has 18 players in his squad all fighting to make a Wembley impression in the remaining four league games.· We haven't lost in 13 league games 8 of which are wins.· Darlington had only eight wins in 31 League games, with the worst defensive away record in the four divisions. ► show · Eccentric I see that the television game show that inspired letters to you recently has been at it again.· Sting performed at the Super Bowl pre-game show.· The Christmas Day morale booster was only the game show host's second trip outside hospital since his near-fatal crash.· So it's only politically correct and fair to write about an actor who's appearing on that other famous game show.· And television has enshrined these twin virtues in quiz and games shows.· A game show appeared to be in progress, and lights were flashing, indicating that some one had won.· This isn't some game show where you barter with another contestant for the big prize. ► war · Many of these were war games which involved the movement of fighting forces and resources over a map on the board.· But such autopsies, like war games, often bear little resemblance to actual war.· The unit was one of dozens participating in the Kernel Blitz 97 biennial war game at Camp Pendleton.· Planned events include a fantasy role-playing war games day, an Easter egg hunt and motorcycle display.· The U.S. military's favorite way of testing its assumptions and ideas is to run a war game.· The war game was fought out at Schriever Air Force base in Colorado and was set in space in the year 2017.· Generals love virtual reality, war games of any kind. VERB► lose · Unfortunately we lost our last game and other results went against us so we were down and out.· Past Cat teams would have been mortified at the thought of losing four conference games.· After a convincing win in game 1 Kasparov fell prey to overconfidence, losing games 4 and 5.· Drake was the only team that offered a real challenge, and Oregon lost that game.· It would have been very easy for the Cats to lose that game.· Nearest challengers Enfield lost their third game in a row by 2-0 at home to Basingstoke Town.· I was lost in the game. ► miss · Scrafford also injured a foot last year and missed nine games.· He misses his second game in succession when Instonians are the visitors tomorrow at Stevenson Park.· No way I was going to miss that game.· And I was missing too many games complaining of a bad knee when there was nothing really wrong with it.· He missed all of April last season with a strained left hip and missed 20 games due to injury.· Spellman, in the second year of a four-year, $ 11. 6 million contract, had missed five straight games.· In 1995-96, he averaged seven points over 51 games, missing 23 games with a sprained ankle. ► play · But we're certainly not going to play highest-bidder games.· I know how to play the game myself.· The voluptuous actress wouldn't need to play foolish games with him.· The graphics and special effects are described by many who have played the game as being well beyond anything out there.· Don't play games with me, dear monk.· But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here.· Or am I playing some deep game, as I was with the choice of accommodation?· Roberts' poor physical condition combined with nagging injuries prevented him from playing more than 51 games in the past four seasons. ► start · Highly-rated midfielder Gary Owers could also start a game for the first time in over three months, depending on Bracewell's condition.· Kent Graham has been in the league and started games.· In no time, your baby will be starting this hilarious game himself.· Carr started 10 games early in the season when the Suns were banged up.· Law 10 Kick-Off A place-kick is now only taken to start the game, or to start the game after half-time.· He started the majority of games in the final two months of the season as Clyde Drexler recovered from knee surgery.· She had a good view of the hospital entrance, so she started her private game of guessing what the people were.· Right-hander Carlos Reyes, who will pitch opening day, has started just 10 major-league games. ► watch · Even better, the two young women were lounging near the bar, watching the darts game in progress.· We were sitting around, watching games, imagining every scenario.· We used to watch the game together and I'd suddenly see him wince in pain.· The simple joy of watching a game slowly unfold was replaced by the chrome brutality of the box score.· But if you watched Swindon's game on Sunday ... you were in for a treat.· Parents have to drive them to soccer practice, and stay to watch the game, or be considered child abusers.· They all started watching the game very intently.· It takes an hour and a half to watch the game. ► win · No-one deserved to win this uninspiring game!· The Bears won just one more game after that, finishing the year with a disappointing 6-6 record.· Give the flower to Mum to win the game.· They won more games since Jan. 7 than the Sharks won all year.· Now, whatever Wimbledon do, Bradford will stay up if they win their last two games.· And even if equal opportunity to win the game were attained it would only establish the game.· In terms of price for what you get, it wins - game, set and match.· The present and future won a big basketball game Wednesday night at the Coliseum Arena. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► beat somebody at their own game► be a game Ballesteros's game was in trouble. Before, every time there was games they would kick her and everything. But golf is a game of momentum. College football is as much a beauty contest as it is a game. It used to be a game, and Jeff loved it. Perhaps a bit miscast, and with a penchant for too many double-takes, Perry none the less is game. There were games with a prize for everyone. This was a game she couldn't win. ► play games (with somebody) Many taxpayers try to play games on their tax returns. We want an agreement. We're not interested in playing games. At this Internet chess site, dozens of people around the world are playing games at the same time. Do we suspect life is a chessboard even though we know that you don't play games? He plays no budgetary games nor does he tolerate finance people playing games with him. If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair. Surveys show millions of workers use their office computers to play games, surf the Net or worse. That's just me playing games. The people played games to pass the time during the winter too. ► the only game in town► what’s her/your etc game?► the game’s up► a game of chance Poker is a game of chance. Predicting the outcome is a game of chance. ► somebody got game► be on the game She must be on the game, all right. ► games the Olympic Games ► game on► game over► make game of somebody► somebody’s game► give the game away Don't mention Dad's birthday or you'll give the game away. Anyway, the number plate gives the game away. But Mr Penrice had given the game away. Cats merely have the instinct not to give the game away by revealing all that they are aware of. Certain anatomical shapes such as legs, arms, necks, feet or wings tend to give the game away. Not, of course, that there is much to give the game away. She had nearly given the game away there. They saw the mistake-prone Cavs almost give the game away. Unfortunately, Godwin's illustrative examples give the game away. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ahead of the game/curve Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters. Businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve find trend research crucial. It just shows how desperate New Yorkers are to be ahead of the curve. Reagan was ahead of the curve in his sensible discussion of the economics of Social Security. The successful programs I know of in college football stay ahead of the game. Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve. This talk gave me another view of Mike-a little guy who had once been ahead of the game. ► a whole new ball game I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game. Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game. Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game. So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game. ► play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody) For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen. They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in. ► fun and games It started out as fun and games but became a successful business. A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence. As head of the Fort Baxter motor pool, Bilko runs all the fun and games on the base. Free fun and games ... Happy children make happy holidays - for everyone. In return for the fun and games, the youthful members, whether or not interested in politics, are expected to help with the electioneering. It was not all fun and games. Next time the left hand section of Cheedale's Cornice dries out, we should see some fun and games. Party and Class All this fun and games is not looked upon with disapproval by the seniors in the Conservative Party. Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs. ► the shock/surprise/game etc of somebody’s life And so that would be the surprise of her life. But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings. Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly. He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails. He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me. She is having the game of her life. So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life. ► be a mug’s game► the name of the game Popularity is the name of the game in television. But inequality is still the name of the game for many. No-one ever really suggested it and we never knew the name of the game. Popularity is the name of the game in television. Selection is inevitable and flexibility is the name of the game. Survival was the name of the game, as it has been throughout history. When the cause is known the effects are clearly understood: metaphysics was the name of the game. ► play games As a child she preferred playing games with boys to dressing up dolls. But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here. Don't waste time by playing games. I don't play games at all! If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair. Just going out to resupply some patrols on a secure road was so bland that we played games to make it interesting. The Dauphin was showing Henry that he was just a stupid kid who should still be playing games. They can only create challenges for themselves, play games within the games. ► play the game Diillon won't get promoted if he's not willing to play the game. He thought he was playing the game again. I know how to play the game myself. Just like playing the game itself, it seems. Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game. Most manufacturers have played the game. Until that point we were really just playing the game. We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game. While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory. ► throw a match/game/fight This year, he is throwing a game party at his home in Austin. ► be at the top of your game► two can play at that game► (play) a/the waiting game Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking. But von Steinholz wanted to play a waiting game and see where the trail led him. Friday, and volunteer fireman Dave Papenfuss said it was purely a waiting game after that. It was a waiting game now, she thought anxiously. Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game. She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s. The Danley strike, like many others, was a waiting game and a numbers game. Unfortunately, with work inhibition, the waiting game only ensures future problems. 1activity or sport [countable] a)an activity or sport in which people compete with each other according to agreed rules:  We used to love playing games like chess or backgammon. b)an occasion when a game is played → match:  Did you see the game on TV last night?a game of tennis/football etc Would you like to have a game of tennis?game against/with England’s World Cup game against Holland → ball game, board game, video game, war game2games [plural] a)a large organized sports event:  the Olympic Games b)British English organized sports as a school subject or lesson SYN  PE:  We have games on Thursdays. a games lesson3part of a match [countable] one of the parts into which a single match is divided, for example in tennis or bridge1(4):  Graf leads, two games to one.4children [countable] a children’s activity in which they play with toys, pretend to be someone else etcgame of a game of hide-and-seek The boys were playing a game in the backyard.5skill somebody’s game how well someone plays a particular game or sportimprove/raise your game Liam’s taking lessons to improve his game. the strongest aspect of his game6give the game away to spoil a surprise or secret by doing or saying something that lets someone guess what the secret is:  Lynn gave the game away by laughing when Kim walked in.7beat somebody at their own game (also play somebody at their own game British English) to beat someone or fight back against them by using the same methods that they use8not serious be a game to be something that you do to enjoy yourself rather than for a serious purpose:  It’s just a game to them. They don’t care what happens.9play games (with somebody) a)to behave in a dishonest or unfair way in order to get what you want:  Are you sure he’s really interested, and not just playing silly games with you? b)to not be serious about doing something:  We want a deal. We’re not interested in playing games.10animals/birds [uncountable] wild animals, birds, and fish that are hunted for food, especially as a sport:  game birds → big game11the only game in town used to say that something is the only possible choice in a situation:  The Church of England is no longer the only game in town.12business [singular] informal an area of work or business:  I’ve been in this game for over ten years.13what’s her/your etc game? British English spoken used to ask what the true reason for someone’s behaviour is:  Reg is being very nice all of a sudden. What’s his game?14the game’s up spoken used to tell someone that something wrong or dishonest that they have done has been discovered:  Come out, Don. The game’s up.15a game of chance a game in which you risk money on the result:  Poker is a game of chance.16somebody got game American English informal used to say that someone is very skilful at doing something, especially a sport17be on the game British English informal to be a prostitute18game on spoken said when the balance of a sports match or competition changes, and both sides suddenly have a chance of winning19game over informal said to emphasize that an event or activity is completely finished20make game of somebody old-fashioned to make fun of someone → fair game, → fun and games at fun1(5), → the name of the game at name1(10), → a mug’s game at mug1(5)COLLOCATIONSverbsplay a game· They explained how to play the game.see/watch a game· Did you see the game last night?have a game British English· They were having a game of pool.win/lose a game· A.C. Milan won the game with a last-minute goal.· Arsenal lost the game because of a mistake by their goalkeeper.the game is tied (=both teams or players had the same score)· The game was tied 10-10 at halftime.draw a game British English (=end the game with the same score as the opposing team or player)· We played badly and were lucky to draw the game.NOUN + gamea computer/video game· He was up all night playing computer games.a card game· Bridge is a card game for four people.a board/ball game· board games such as Monopoly and Scrabblea team game· I wasn't very good at team games when I was at school.a party game· What's your favourite party game?a basketball/baseball etc game· He was watching a baseball game on TV.a home game (=played at a team's own sports field)· Next Saturday Liverpool have a home game against Manchester United.an away game (=played at an opposing team's sports field)· We didn't win any away games last season.a league game (=played as part of a league competition)· There's a big league game against Chelsea on Saturday.a cup game (=played as part of a cup competition)· He hopes to play in the cup game on Wednesday.a playoff game American English (=one of a series of games played by the best teams in a competition to decide the final winner)· This is the first of their five playoff games.a play-off game British English (=played to decide the winner after a previous game ended with both teams having equal points)an indoor game· There is a hall for indoor games and social functions.an outdoor game· Outdoor games are affected by the weather.phrasesthe rules of the game· It's against the rules of the game to pick up the ball. game1 noungame2 adjectivegame3 verb gamegame2 adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINgame2 Origin: 1 1700-1800 ➔ GAME12 1700-1800 Perhaps from Old French gambi ‘bent’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems. But at game time, when they were warming up, they had white players on their team. Meat stocks are essential to the intense sauces commonly found in game cooking. The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming. The present $ 400 gap between it and the game machines looks daunting. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatoran activity played by rules that you do for enjoyment► game an activity that you do for enjoyment, and that you play according to a set of rules: · Chess is such a difficult game.· Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game.· The women set up bingo games and bake sales to raise money for the charity.the game of football/basketball/tennis: · The game of golf was invented in Scotland.· Chadwick suggested that baseball evolved from the English game of rounders.the national game (=the most popular game in a country): · In Wales, rugby is the national game.computer game: · About 7 million households have people who play computer games.· "Psychic Detective" is a CD-ROM computer game from Electronic Arts Studios.card game (=a game you play using a set of playing cards): · I'm not very good at card games.· Harvey has devised a Spanish-English language card game.board game (=a game played on a board with pieces of wood, plastic etc that you move around): · board games like Monopoly and Ludo an occasion when people compete against each other in a game► game an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a game or sport: · Sharpe had injured a knee in a football game a few weeks earliera game of chess/soccer/darts etc: · Would you be up for a game of darts at the local pub?· We played three games of checkers, and she beat me every time.best/worst/first etc game of the season: · We were able to get seats for the last game of the season. ► match an occasion when two people or teams compete against each other in a sport or game - used especially about soccer, rugby, cricket, tennis, or chess: · Chess experts expected Kadparov to win the next match.football/cricket/boxing etc match: · A cricket match was in progress on the school sports field.· Keith sprained his wrist in a wrestling match. ► event a match or competition, especially one that is important and is attended by a lot of people: · Tomorrow's match against Portugal is expected to be the big event of the season.sporting event: · John rarely misses a sporting event in his town.· Wimbledon is one of Britain's great sporting events. to play a game► play · I used to play tennis all the time.· Do you know how to play backgammon?· Ask Alex if he wants to play.play for somebody · Sweet Lou played for the Detroit Tigers.play somebody/play against somebody · "They played well against us," Cooper said, "I have to give them credit." ► give somebody a game British to play a game against someone, especially when it is not a serious or important game: · I'll give you a game of chess if you want.· No one wants to give him a game because he's too good. someone who plays a game► player · a game for four players· Rodriguez was voted Player of the Year.good player (=good at playing a game) · I like chess, even though I'm not a very good player.· Wikerson is not as good a player as Phillips. ► opponent someone who plays against another person in a game: · Brownlee regards Reaney as his most difficult opponent.· My opponent was much older than I was. ► team a group of people who play against another group in a game: · You're the best person on the team.· Pub quiz teams often have really silly names.team captain/manager etc: · Nasser Hussain, the England team captain, was injured in the game against the West Indies. when children play games► play if children play , they do things they enjoy, either together in a group, or with their toys: · This is the schoolground where we played as children.· We played card games and hide-and-seek.play with: · Ian was upstairs playing with his new train set.· Jimmy was playing with a little boat in the bathtub.play at something British (=play a game in which you pretend to be someone): · We used to play at cops and robbers. physical activities in which people compete against each other► sport British /sports American physical activities that need effort and skill and that are usually competitive: · She's interested in cinema, music and sport.· Sport has always been very important in this part of the country.do sport British: · We don't do much sport at my school.play sports especially American: · Today's kids need to spend less time watching television, and more time playing sports. ► games British a period of time in school when you do organized sports activities such as football, tennis etc, usually outdoors: · The boys have games on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.· Hurry up or you'll be late for your games lesson. ► gym (class) also P.E., also Phys. Ed. American a period of time in school when you do organized physical activities: · Sometimes in Phys. Ed. we're allowed to go on the trampolines.· How many times a week do you have P.E.? a particular sport or game► sport a physical activity in which people or teams play, race etc against each other and try to win: · His favourite sports are swimming and tennis.· Motorcycle racing can be a dangerous sport.play a sport: · Which sports do you play at school?do a sport: · I think everyone should do at least one sport, in order to keep fit. ► game a sport that you play against another player or team, according to a set of rules: · Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game.do/play games: · The girls at King Edward's play all sorts of games - basketball, hockey, tennis, to name just a few. used for sport or related to sport► sports · Is there a shop that sells sports equipment near here?· Here is a list of the sports clubs in your area.· Heavy rain has flooded the sports field: all fixtures have been cancelled for a month. ► sporting : sporting activities/events/facilities etc · The Italian Grand Prix is one of the great sporting events of the year.· The hotel has four restaurants, a bar and a disco, as well as an impressive range of sporting facilities.· Sponsorship is important for sporting activities such as golf, football, cricket and motor-racing. an occasion when people compete against each other in a sport► game an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game.· I got two tickets for the Bulls' game.· Who won last night's game?game of tennis/squash etc: · How about a game of tennis this evening?basketball/football etc game: · Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday? ► match especially British an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Are you going to the match tomorrow?· If we win the next three matches, we could still go through to the semi-final.a football/cricket/boxing etc match: · A cricket match was in progress on the school sports field. ► race a competition in which several people try to run, drive, ride, swim etc faster than each other: · What time does the first race start?· Hill won the race, and Schumacher finished second.boat/car/horse etc race: · Her husband spent all their money gambling on horse races.· the annual university boat race between Oxford and Cambridge someone who does a sport► player someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: · One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.baseball/basketball etc player: · Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college. ► sportsman/sportswoman someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: · Every top sportsman needs the motivation of a fresh challenge.· Today's professional sportsmen can expect to earn enormous sums of money.· Mrs Hashimoto described herself as a keen sportswoman, fond of golf, tennis and swimming. ► athlete someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars: · The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.· Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.· It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs. a group of people who play against another group► team a group of people who play together against another group in a sport: · The women's team were beaten 6-2.football/baseball/cricket etc team: · I think the Yankees are one of the coolest baseball teams around.support a team (=like it best and want it to win): · Which football team do you support?be in a teamBritish /be on a team American: · If you want to be on the team, you have to turn up for regular training. ► side British one of two teams who are playing against each other: · Supporters of both sides braved the cold wet weather to watch the match.· Our side only needed one more goal to win. ► captain the main player in a team, who tells the other players what to do: · The captain must have given his team quite a talking-to at half time.captain of: · Who's the captain of England?team captain: · Shelley's the girls' team captain this year. a place where you do a sport► field a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money. ► pitch British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch. ► court an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts. ► leisure centre/complex British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town. ► gym a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon. ► pool/swimming pool a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains. ► stadium a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live. the person who makes sure that players obey the rules► referee/umpire the person who makes sure that the players obey the rules and decides if points have been won according to the rules. Use referee about football, basketball, hockey, and boxing. Use umpire about baseball, cricket, and tennis: · To United's disbelief, the referee failed to award the goal.· He made no attempt to hide his disgust at the umpire's decision, which cost him the match. ► judges the people who decide which person is the best in a competition such as skating, horse-riding etc, where people do not compete in teams: · The judges awarded first prize to 14-year-old Amanda Colton, on her horse, Donna. the points you get when you play a sport► point a unit used to show what you have achieved in a sport or game: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill led the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.get/score a point: · We lost the game when the Giants scored 14 points in the last quarter.· In darts, you get 50 points for hitting the bullseye. ► goal the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · England's only goal came midway through the second half.score a goal: · Venturini has scored the first goal in each of the two US victories in the Olympics.get a goal: · Spurs got two goals in the last five minutes of the game.an own goal (=when a player sends the ball into the wrong net, and so scores a point for the other team): · We won, but only because of an 88th minute own goal from the other side. ► score the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · After two hours and twenty minutes of play, the final score was 3-2. when two teams or players have the same score► tie /draw especially British when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The second game was very exciting, but it ended in a tie. ► be two all/be four all etc spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems to be the better team.· "What was the final score?" "One all." someone who watches a sport► spectator someone who goes to a game and watches people playing a sport: · I'm not playing myself, I'm just a spectator.· Over 30,000 spectators turned out for the women's basketball match against Zaire. ► fan someone who likes a particular sport, or a particular team, and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play: · Thousands of fans queued to buy tickets.football/cricket/hockey etc fan: · Over 200 British football fans were sent home after the violence in Rimini.United/England/Yankee etc fans: · Leeds fans howled in anguish as Arsenal scored another goal. ► supporter British someone who likes a particular sport or team and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play - use this especially about football: · Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium.· The town was full of football supporters, waiting for the big day.Milan/Liverpool etc supporter: · Milan supporters cheered as they scored their first goal in two games. to be willing to do something► be willing to do something if you are willing to do something that is necessary or that you have been asked to do, you will do it fairly happily: · He's willing to tell the police everything he knows.· To do well as a journalist, you have to be willing to change jobs very frequently.· Investors are willing to pay more for stocks when interest rates are low. ► be ready to do something to be willing to do something at any time, whenever it needs to be done: · I'm always ready to help if you need me.· We are ready to consider any serious proposals.· If you really want to sell, price your house sensibly and be ready to make a deal. ► not mind doing something spoken to be willing to do something that someone wants you to do, even though you might prefer not to: · I don't mind driving if you're tired.· If you don't mind waiting a few minutes, we can check our records for you. ► be glad/happy/pleased to do something to be very willing to do something that will help someone else: · Our sales staff are always pleased to help.· "Could you do me a favor?" "Sure, I'd be glad to."· John says he'd be happy to give you a hand with the gardening.be only too glad/happy/pleased to do something (=be very willing): · I'd be only too pleased to look after the kids for you. ► agree to do something to say that you are willing to do something that someone has asked you to do, especially when this will take some effort or be inconvenient: · I've agreed to help Sarah move house this weekend.· One of the jurors agreed to talk about the experience, but did not want to be named.kindly agree to do something formal: · Officer Browning has kindly agreed to come into school and give us a talk on crime prevention. ► be prepared to do something to be willing to do something, especially something difficult or unpleasant: · He was prepared to use force if necessary.· You'll never learn to speak another language unless you're prepared to make an effort.· Griffiths was prepared to spend up to $500,000 to renovate the old theater. ► willing eager, hard-working, and willing to do anything you are asked to do: · He's not a very bright boy, but he's young, strong, and willing.· She's an enthusiastic, willing learner. ► be game informal to be willing to try something dangerous, new, difficult, or risky: · "Want to go climbing with us?" "Yeah, I'm game."be game to do something American: · She's one of those people who's game to try anything.be game for British: · Tim's always game for a laugh. (=willing to do things that might be fun) Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a ball game · He’s always watching ball games on TV. ► a game bird (=that people shoot and eat)· They hunt game birds such as ducks and pheasants. ► game of bluff  Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff. ► a championship game/match · He was playing in his first championship game of the season. ► a chess game/match · Who won the chess game? ► a computer game · Kids love playing computer games. ► a football match/game · Do you often go to football matches? ► gave the game away  The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret). ► give the game away  I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much. ► a game of golf · Anybody fancy a game of golf this afternoon? ► a hard-fought battle/contest/game etc  one of the most hard-fought games this season a hard-fought battle for the presidency ► playing head games  He’s obviously playing head games with you. ► home team/game/crowd/club etc  The home team took the lead after 25 minutes. ► in as many days/weeks/games etc  A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). ► playing mind games  He’s obviously playing mind games with you. ► party games · The children had great fun playing party games. ► a game show (=in which people play games or answer questions to win prizes)· It’s been a popular game show for years. ► a team game/sport (=one that is played by teams)· In those days, girls didn’t play team sports. ► win a game/match · It’s supposed to be easier to win your home games. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► straight · They hit 10 of 17 attempts, the fourth straight game they have made 10 or more 3-pointers.· It was the second straight game Lang and Conacher were held out. NOUN► animal · At that time, an ice age was ending, game animals were flourishing, and humans were relatively few.· A more challenging species of game animal.· Only one of the hoofed mammals has never been a game animal.· Studies have shown that game animals, principally venison, are more efficient land users than domesticated livestock.· As huntress she both preserves and destroys game animals, but she does not draw the line at animals. ► ball · They gave him a standing ovation from the dugout and promised to present him with the game ball.· Palic, whose best punt was a 55-yard bomb, was awarded a game ball afterward. ► bird · All my work has been involved with estates where game birds were the prime consideration.· Shopping for Quail Quail, one of the most widely available of all game birds, are stocked in many poultry departments.· Some of these may be used in combination when grilling meat or game birds.· It is one of the few game birds where the flavor does not vary substantially between the wild and farm-raised fowl.· Like all other game birds, quail need to be cooked carefully to avoid overcooking, as the flesh can dry out.· They are, however, slightly more forgiving than squab and other game birds to overcooking.· Pickling is a very old technique that was used to preserve game birds before refrigeration was widely available.· Similar accomplishments can be found in the raising of many almost-extinct species of game birds, such as wild turkey. ► day · But on game day, security shut that down.· They sold 271 burritos on game day, 38 the day before. ► face · Stunned, the Haleys managed to put on a game face.· Jody wants them to put on their game face, to get serious, get tough.· This is the closest she has ever come to having a game face.· The players all have their game faces on. ► park · Yes, Bert agreed, he had gone to the game parks with his whole family. he had seen them. ► plan · When he needed to vary his game plan Hamed was unable to.· That took them out of the game plan, too.· The previous commissioner spent months with us, analysing our game plans and marketing strategy.· Member companies spent most of the first year trying to hammer out a mission and a game plan.· Whether he can establish a solid relationship with him, likes his attitude-and if that player fits his game plan.· The Raiders' game plan revealed astonishing flexibility.· As the staff looks toward the future, its game plan is to provide quality care.· Rison was conspicuously absent from much of the Jaguars' game plan. ► play · It must have stunning graphics, appealing game play and often a computer opponent of just the right difficulty level.· The game play is choppy, with slow player movements, while shooting and ball control are difficult to handle.· The result of this advance to multimedia users will mean higher-quality graphics, extended 3-D animation and enhanced game play. ► player · An attempt by Bandai to break into the game player business has encountered even more problems. ► show · Afterwards it feels like the satisfactory completion of another episode of a long-running game show.· They appeared with starlets at cabarets, guested on game shows and even flirted with politics, always wearing their masks.· Traditionally, a game show has a host. ► theory · Recently game theory has made strides.· One of the few notions from game theory to penetrate the popular culture was the distinction of zero-sum and nonzero-sum games. ► time · Camby is expected to suit up and decide just before game time whether to play.· But at game time, when they were warming up, they had white players on their team.· Even football fans may be driven to boycott the products, turn off the television set at game time or throw up.· The song echoes through Mac Court, which, just a few minutes before game time, is almost empty.· A few hours before game time Thursday afternoon, Jody is out jogging around the marina.· Two hours before game time, she was curled up on her living-room floor clutching her stomach.· Jody tells the team in the locker room before game time.· His availability will be determined at game time. ► warden · The game warden and the biospherians were facing each other on either side of a thick airtight window.· On patrol, game warden Jay Little Hawk discovers the bodies of a herd of mutilated deer. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► game leg He alarmed us as children: he had a gruff manner, a game leg and a pronounced cast in one eye. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ahead of the game/curve Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters. Businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve find trend research crucial. It just shows how desperate New Yorkers are to be ahead of the curve. Reagan was ahead of the curve in his sensible discussion of the economics of Social Security. The successful programs I know of in college football stay ahead of the game. Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve. This talk gave me another view of Mike-a little guy who had once been ahead of the game. ► a whole new ball game I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game. Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game. Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game. So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game. ► play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody) For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen. They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in. ► fun and games It started out as fun and games but became a successful business. A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence. As head of the Fort Baxter motor pool, Bilko runs all the fun and games on the base. Free fun and games ... Happy children make happy holidays - for everyone. In return for the fun and games, the youthful members, whether or not interested in politics, are expected to help with the electioneering. It was not all fun and games. Next time the left hand section of Cheedale's Cornice dries out, we should see some fun and games. Party and Class All this fun and games is not looked upon with disapproval by the seniors in the Conservative Party. Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs. ► the shock/surprise/game etc of somebody’s life And so that would be the surprise of her life. But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings. Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly. He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails. He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me. She is having the game of her life. So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life. ► be a mug’s game► the name of the game Popularity is the name of the game in television. But inequality is still the name of the game for many. No-one ever really suggested it and we never knew the name of the game. Popularity is the name of the game in television. Selection is inevitable and flexibility is the name of the game. Survival was the name of the game, as it has been throughout history. When the cause is known the effects are clearly understood: metaphysics was the name of the game. ► play games As a child she preferred playing games with boys to dressing up dolls. But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here. Don't waste time by playing games. I don't play games at all! If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair. Just going out to resupply some patrols on a secure road was so bland that we played games to make it interesting. The Dauphin was showing Henry that he was just a stupid kid who should still be playing games. They can only create challenges for themselves, play games within the games. ► play the game Diillon won't get promoted if he's not willing to play the game. He thought he was playing the game again. I know how to play the game myself. Just like playing the game itself, it seems. Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game. Most manufacturers have played the game. Until that point we were really just playing the game. We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game. While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory. ► throw a match/game/fight This year, he is throwing a game party at his home in Austin. ► be at the top of your game► two can play at that game► (play) a/the waiting game Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking. But von Steinholz wanted to play a waiting game and see where the trail led him. Friday, and volunteer fireman Dave Papenfuss said it was purely a waiting game after that. It was a waiting game now, she thought anxiously. Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game. She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s. The Danley strike, like many others, was a waiting game and a numbers game. Unfortunately, with work inhibition, the waiting game only ensures future problems. 1willing to try something dangerous, new, or difficult:  Okay. I’m game if you are.game for He’s always game for a laugh.game to do something ‘Who’s game to have a try?’2game leg old-fashioned an injured or painful leg—gamely adverb game1 noungame2 adjectivegame3 verb gamegame3 /ɡeɪm/ verb American English Verb Table VERB TABLE game Simple Form Present I, you, we, they game he, she, it games Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they gamed Present perfect I, you, we, they have gamed he, she, it has gamed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had gamed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will game Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have gamed Continuous Form Present I am gaming he, she, it is gaming you, we, they are gaming Past I, he, she, it was gaming you, we, they were gaming Present perfect I, you, we, they have been gaming he, she, it has been gaming Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been gaming Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be gaming Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been gaming Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Console users take gaming seriously, and their brand loyalty is frightening. For one thing, most other potential bidders have expertise in either lodging or gaming, not both. So heed Film's guide to gaming. The game play and artificial intelligence are unmatched in sports video gaming. The next largest source of income is from raffles and gaming. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a ball game · He’s always watching ball games on TV. ► a game bird (=that people shoot and eat)· They hunt game birds such as ducks and pheasants. ► game of bluff  Whatever you say, you must do it. This isn’t a game of bluff. ► a championship game/match · He was playing in his first championship game of the season. ► a chess game/match · Who won the chess game? ► a computer game · Kids love playing computer games. ► a football match/game · Do you often go to football matches? ► gave the game away  The look on his face gave the game away (=showed something that he was trying to keep secret). ► give the game away  I don’t want to give the game away (=give information that should be secret) by saying too much. ► a game of golf · Anybody fancy a game of golf this afternoon? ► a hard-fought battle/contest/game etc  one of the most hard-fought games this season a hard-fought battle for the presidency ► playing head games  He’s obviously playing head games with you. ► home team/game/crowd/club etc  The home team took the lead after 25 minutes. ► in as many days/weeks/games etc  A great trip! We visited five countries in as many days (=in five days). ► playing mind games  He’s obviously playing mind games with you. ► party games · The children had great fun playing party games. ► a game show (=in which people play games or answer questions to win prizes)· It’s been a popular game show for years. ► a team game/sport (=one that is played by teams)· In those days, girls didn’t play team sports. ► win a game/match · It’s supposed to be easier to win your home games. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► computer · Years ago, my introduction to computer gaming came via a program called Adventure. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► game the system Linder accused insurance companies of gaming the system to increase profits. Yet since even the best laws leave loopholes, unsavory characters find ways to game the system. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ahead of the game/curve Belmont city leaders have never been ahead of the curve in environmental matters. Businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve find trend research crucial. It just shows how desperate New Yorkers are to be ahead of the curve. Reagan was ahead of the curve in his sensible discussion of the economics of Social Security. The successful programs I know of in college football stay ahead of the game. Then again, some major thinkers are way ahead of the curve. This talk gave me another view of Mike-a little guy who had once been ahead of the game. ► a whole new ball game I used to be a teacher, so working in an office is a whole new ball game. Although not my cup of tea, I must admit Manchester United is a whole new ball game. Read in studio Still to come on Central News, it's a whole new ball game. So obviously if he's hidden this one, he's playing a whole new ball game. ► play (a game of) cat and mouse (with somebody) For the rest of the hunting season, the saboteurs will play a cat and mouse game with the huntsmen. They played cat and mouse with the Bay, now scrambling for the outside, now sneaking back in. ► fun and games It started out as fun and games but became a successful business. A wild midnight gallop lands her on the very doorstep of her ancestral home, and the fun and games commence. As head of the Fort Baxter motor pool, Bilko runs all the fun and games on the base. Free fun and games ... Happy children make happy holidays - for everyone. In return for the fun and games, the youthful members, whether or not interested in politics, are expected to help with the electioneering. It was not all fun and games. Next time the left hand section of Cheedale's Cornice dries out, we should see some fun and games. Party and Class All this fun and games is not looked upon with disapproval by the seniors in the Conservative Party. Police suspected that the boys, whose fun and games hurt a lot of people, were on drugs. ► the shock/surprise/game etc of somebody’s life And so that would be the surprise of her life. But on Sunday Collins played the game of his life in destroying the fancied Vikings. Goalie Garth Snow played the game of his life to save Philly. He had arrived before the others, and got the shock of his life when he saw Nails. He said he was the security guard, but he had the shock of his life when he saw me. She is having the game of her life. So when he followed up by pointing us towards the touchline, I got the shock of my life. ► be a mug’s game► the name of the game Popularity is the name of the game in television. But inequality is still the name of the game for many. No-one ever really suggested it and we never knew the name of the game. Popularity is the name of the game in television. Selection is inevitable and flexibility is the name of the game. Survival was the name of the game, as it has been throughout history. When the cause is known the effects are clearly understood: metaphysics was the name of the game. ► play games As a child she preferred playing games with boys to dressing up dolls. But Symington and the Legislature are simply playing games here. Don't waste time by playing games. I don't play games at all! If they want to play games with their parachutes, then that is their affair. Just going out to resupply some patrols on a secure road was so bland that we played games to make it interesting. The Dauphin was showing Henry that he was just a stupid kid who should still be playing games. They can only create challenges for themselves, play games within the games. ► play the game Diillon won't get promoted if he's not willing to play the game. He thought he was playing the game again. I know how to play the game myself. Just like playing the game itself, it seems. Last year three hundred and sixty pupils were injured from three thousand schools who regularly play the game. Most manufacturers have played the game. Until that point we were really just playing the game. We assume to start with that the weighted patterns provide a rough guide to playing the game. While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory. ► throw a match/game/fight This year, he is throwing a game party at his home in Austin. ► be at the top of your game► two can play at that game► (play) a/the waiting game Although most people were relieved that the waiting game was over, the first days and nights were nerve-racking. But von Steinholz wanted to play a waiting game and see where the trail led him. Friday, and volunteer fireman Dave Papenfuss said it was purely a waiting game after that. It was a waiting game now, she thought anxiously. Lucy only wished that she could have more of the patience required to play a waiting game. She had played a waiting game with great skill in the 1540s. The Danley strike, like many others, was a waiting game and a numbers game. Unfortunately, with work inhibition, the waiting game only ensures future problems. game the system to use rules or laws to get what you want in an unfair but legal way
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