- game
- noun1 activity/sportADJECTIVE▪ ball, board, card▪ computer, online, PC, video▪ adventure, role-playing, war▪ guessing▪ good, great▪
This is a good game for getting people to mix.
▪ entertaining, fun▪ competitive▪competitive games in which there is always a winner and a loser
▪ team▪How I hated team games at school!
▪ party▪ children's▪children's party games like Musical Chairs
▪ indoor, outdoor▪It's hard to find indoor games for children.
VERB + GAME▪ learn▪Children love learning new games.
▪ create, design, develop, invent▪The company is developing games to play on mobile phones.
▪ releaseGAME + NOUN▪ player▪ designer, developer▪ games company, games industry▪ game room (AmE), games room (BrE)2 competitionADJECTIVE▪ big (= important)▪The guys are in training for their big game.
▪ close, tight, tough▪It's going to be a close game.
▪ evenly contested, keenly contested (both esp. BrE)▪ play-off▪ away, home▪ championship, league▪their first league game of the season
▪ title▪ exhibition▪ baseball, basketball, football, soccer (AmE), etc.VERB + GAME▪ have, play▪Last night he played the final game of his career.
▪The team is playing a home game this week.
▪ have, play▪Shall we have a game of chess?
▪ lose, win▪We won the first game and lost the second.
▪ draw (esp. BrE), tie (esp. AmE)▪ level (BrE)▪The team fought back to level the game.
▪ attend▪ see, watch▪ dominate▪The early stages of the game were dominated by the home team.
▪ decide, seal▪ abandon, postponePREPOSITION▪ game against, game with (BrE)▪this week's game against the Titans
▪next week's game with Liverpool
▪ game of▪To pass the time, we played a game of cards.
▪a game of tennis
3 how sb playsADJECTIVE▪ fine, good, great, perfect▪That girl plays a great game of bridge.
VERB + GAME▪ have, play▪Trevor had a good game.
▪ pitch, throw (both AmE)▪He pitched a perfect game at Atlanta.
▪Tibble threw a perfect game.
▪ improve, lift, raise▪Hendry raised his game to become the champion.
GAME + NOUN▪ winner (esp. AmE)4 games sports competitionADJECTIVE▪ Commonwealth, Olympic, etc.VERB + GAMES▪ compete in, participate in, take part in (esp. BrE)▪She's hoping to participate in the next Olympic Games.
▪ host▪Chicago's bid to host the Olympic Games
▪ hold▪The Olympic Games are held every four years.
5 business/activityVERB + GAME▪ be in▪How long have you been in this game?
▪ enter▪Lufthansa entered the game with a 25% stake in the company.
PREPOSITION▪ game of▪the game of life/politics
PHRASES▪ all part of the game▪Getting dirty was all part of the game to the kids.
▪ new to this game▪I'm new to this game myself.
6 secret planADJECTIVE▪ little, silly, stupid▪ dangerous▪He was unwittingly caught up in a dangerous game of lies and betrayals.
VERB + GAME▪ play▪I realized that he had been playing a stupid game with me.
▪ put an end to▪I'll soon put an end to her silly little games.
▪ give away▪Don't let him talk to anybody or he'll give the game away.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
