Game

noun

1. a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other
2. any activity undertaken or regarded as a contest involving rivalry, strategy, or struggle
3. the course or period of such an activityalso
4. area of expertise : specialty sense 3
5. activity engaged in for diversion or amusement : play
6. the equipment for a game
7. often derisive or mocking jesting : fun, sport
8. a procedure or strategy for gaining an end : tactic
9. an illegal or shady scheme or maneuver : racket
10. animals under pursuit or taken in hunting
11. wild animals hunted for sport or foodespecially
12. the flesh of game animals
13. a target or object especially of ridicule or attack
14. a division of a larger contest
15. pluckarchaic
16. the manner of playing in a contest
17. a particular aspect or phase of play in a game or sport
18. the set of rules governing a game
19. the number of points necessary to win
20. points scored in certain card games (as in all fours) by a player whose cards count up the highest
21. organized athletics
22. a field of gainful activity : line