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to win money by correctly guessing the result of a game, race, or competition: In the film, the star mins a lot of money on a gameshow.
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competition
■1 a game
game /geim/ [n CJ an activity which you do for enjoyment which you play according to a set or rules: Chess is such a difficult game. : Have you ever played Mah Jong? It's a Chinese game. computer game Computer games are getting more and more violent these days.
card game (=a game you play using a set of cards with numbers or pictures on them) I'm not very good at card games. I always lose.
board game (=a game played on a board with pieces of wood, plastic etc that you move around) board games like Monopoly and Ludo
/К You can also use game to mean a single occasion when you play a game: We played three games of chess, and she beat me every time.
В to play a game
play /plei/ (u I/T] to take part in a game: Have you played backgammon before?! We're thinking of having a game of Monopoly. Does anyone else want to play?
have a game /,h«v э 'geim/ to play one game of something - use this especially when asking someone to play a game + of Do you want to have a game of cards?
В someone who plays a game
player /'plei3r/ [n C] someone who plays a game: Bridge is a game for 4 players. 1 The other players were much more experienced than I was.
contestant /ksn'tesunt/ [n C) someone who takes part in a game on television or radio: One lucky contestant will win tonight's star prize, a luxury car.
E3 the points that you get in a game
point /point/ [n C] a unit used for measuring how well you are doing in a game: The first player to get a hundred points wins the game.
score /sb:r/ [n C] the number of points
that one player or all the players have at the end of a game: What's your highest ever score? I The final score was 4 all. (=both players had 4 points)
GET
^ see also have/not have, own
U to get something
get /get/ [u T not in passive] to get something by buying it, asking for it, or working for it: I got a really nice coat at Browns. I Where did he get the money for a new car? I I don't feel like cooking, let's go get a pizza. I I still haven't gotten a birthday present for Sherri. get stk/rom sb/sth I wonder where they got those costumes from? get a job Did you hear? Stuart got a new job.
getting - got - have got British have gotten amf.rican
obtain /зЫеш/ [и T] formal to get something: Maps and guides can be obtained at the tourist office.
obtain sth from sb/sth You have to obtain permission from the Principal if you want to leave early.
get hold of /get 'haold dv. to get something that is difficult to get, for example by finding it or borrowing it: Do you know where I can get hold of Geraldine's address? I Somehow Scott had got hold of a gun. 1 That sort of information is very difficult to get hold of.
gain /'gem/ [v T) formal to gradually get more of a useful skill or a good quality. Use gain with words like experience, confidence, support, popularity, acceptance: It took her a long time to gain enough confidence to speak in public. I She stayed in the job for five years, gaining valuable experience. I His ideas are gaining a lot of support (=more and more people are supporting them).
Q to be given something
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get /get/ [и T not in passive] to be given something without having to ask for it or pay for it: What did you get for your birthday? I You get a free CD with this
magazine.
get sth from sb When she became sick, she didn't get any help from her family.
getting - got - have got (British)
have gotten (amerjcan)
receive /n'siiv/ [и T] to be given something, especially officially: As from next month, single parents will receive reduced welfare payments. 1 We receive over 100 complaints a month about aircraft noise,
receive sth from sb/sth She received an honorary degree from Harvard in 1990.
/К Receive is more formal than get.
be given Sth /bi: 'giv^n (sth)/ to be given something, especially by someone in an important or powerful position: He was given a 10-year jail sentence. I Why shouldn't disabled people be given the chance to compete in the Games? ( New employees were given a complete medical check-up.
be awarded sth /bi: s woi^d (sth)/ to
be given a prize, especially by an important organization, for something that you have ach ie ved: The rest а и rant was awarded four stars in the 'Good Food Guide'. I Vasunari Kawabata was the first Japanese writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize.
inherit /in'her^t/ [u TJ to be given someone's money or property after they die: Who will inherit the house when he dies?
inherit sth from sb She inherited the money from her mother.
BI to get a letter, telephone call, or message
get/receive /get, n'siiv/[v Tjjgot a really strange phone call from Ann last night. I I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier, but I've only just received your letter.
getting - got - have got British have gotten american
Hi to get a point or result in a game, test etc
get /get/ |u T] to get a result in a test or examination: I only got 35% in my
history test. I Pam's really smart. She got straight A's at high school.
getting - got - have got British
have gotten american
score /ska:r/ [lj Tj to get a number of points in a sports game, or in a test or examination: The test was difficult, and no-one scored more than 45 points. score a goal/point/run AC Milan scored a record number of goals this season.
13 to get back something
that you had before
get sth back /.get (sth) bsek/ [phrasa/ verb T not in passive) to get back something that you had before, especially something that belongs to you: Suzanna has my lecture notes -1 won't be able to get them back until Monday. + from We never got our money back from the landlord.