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Definition game in British English

game verb

verb
/ɡeɪm/
1

to use your knowledge of the rules to obtain benefits from a situation, especially in an unfair way

Example

There's a difference between gaming the system and actually breaking the law and getting away with it.

Example

Homes are being offered for sale at unrealistically high prices as sellers try to game the market.

Example

We don't create content to game the search engines, but rather, to offer the search engines something amazing for their users.

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2

to play computer games

Example

By the time I got out here to go to grad-school I was not gaming much anymore.

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Definition game in British English