A game
Athlete's best effort
A game is a structured activity with rules, engaged in for entertainment or competition.
Games range from children's play to professional sports, from board games to video games.
Someone's game is their skill level or strategy: She brought her A game.
Game also means willing: I'm game if you are.
As an adjective, game describes animals hunted for sport.
To game a system is to exploit its rules for advantage.
- board gameMarked-surface group entertainment
- cardsStiff paper rectangles
- playRecreation or staged drama
- chessStrategic board game
- challengeTest of ability
rules · competition · recreation · turn · strategy · game plan · party game · game night · player one · endgame · video game · dice · teamwork · arcade · leisure · score · loser · winner
A gamereluctant
Unwilling to act
unwilling · halfhearted · unenthusiastic · hesitant · uninterested
A gamereality
What actually exists
the real thing · life and death · no joke · genuine article · real life