"gaming" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaming.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gamings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} gaming (countable and uncountable, plural gamings)
  1. The playing of a game or games.
    Ellipsis of videogaming.
    Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Alternative form of: videogaming
    Sense id: en-gaming-en-noun-en:the_playing_of_any_game
  2. The playing of a game or games.
    Synonym of gambling
    Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: gambling [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-gaming-en-noun-en:the_playing_of_any_game1
  3. The playing of a game or games. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gaming-en-noun-en:the_playing_of_any_game1
  4. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-gaming-en-noun-en:crafty_use_of_rules
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gamifying, game theory, game the system, play games

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gaming.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} gaming
  1. present participle and gerund of game Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: game
    Sense id: en-gaming-en-verb-IhTb0om0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 7 3 5 55

Inflected forms

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