"video-game" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: video-games [present, singular, third-person], video-gaming [participle, present], video-gamed [participle, past], video-gamed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} video-game (third-person singular simple present video-games, present participle video-gaming, simple past and past participle video-gamed)
  1. Alternative form of video game. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: video game
    Sense id: en-video-game-en-verb-VlIagbqL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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