Game vs. Meet — What's the Difference?

A game is a structured form of play, usually undertaken for entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Games are distinct from work, which is usually carried out for remuneration, and from art, which is more often an expression of aesthetic or ideological elements.

To come into the presence of by chance or arrangement

An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime

To come into the company of

A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules

To be introduced to; make the acquaintance of

A single instance of such an activity

To come together or confront in opposition

Games An organized athletic program or contest

To be present at the arrival of

A period of competition or challenge

To come into conjunction with; join or touch

The total number of points required to win a game

To come into conformity with the views, wishes, or opinions of

The score accumulated at any given time in a game

To come to the notice of (the senses)

The equipment needed for playing certain games

To experience or undergo

A particular style or manner of playing a game

To be sufficient for (a need, for example); fulfill

An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules

To deal or contend with effectively

A business or occupation; a line

To pay; settle

An illegal activity; a racket.

To come together

Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior

To come into conjunction; be joined

A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme

To come together as opponents; contend

(Mathematics) A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.

To become introduced

Wild animals hunted for food or sport.

To assemble

The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.

To occur together, especially in one person or entity

An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit

A meeting or contest, especially an athletic competition.

Mockery; sport

Fitting; proper

To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig

To make contact (with) while in proximity.

To play for stakes; gamble.

To come face to face with by accident; to encounter.

To play a role-playing or computer game.

To come face to face with someone by arrangement.

Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute

To get acquainted with someone.

Ready and willing

(Of groups) To come together.

Crippled; lame

To gather for a formal or social discussion; to hold a meeting.

A playful or competitive activity.

To come together in conflict.

A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

(sports) To play a match.

(countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.

To make physical or perceptual contact.

A school subject during which sports are practised.

To converge and finally touch or intersect.

(countable) A particular instance of playing a game.

To touch or hit something while moving.

That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.

To adjoin, be physically touching.

The number of points necessary to win a game.

(transitive) To respond to (an argument etc.) with something equally convincing; to refute.

(card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.

To satisfy; to comply with.

(countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.

(intransitive) To balance or come out correct.

One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.

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To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.

Lovemaking, flirtation.

(sports) A sports competition, especially for track and field or swimming.

(slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)

(hunting) A gathering of riders, horses and hounds for foxhunting; a field meet for hunting.

A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

(rail transport) A meeting of two trains in opposite directions on a single track, when one is put into a siding to let the other cross.

Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

(informal) A meeting.

An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

(algebra) The greatest lower bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol ∧.

(uncountable) wild animals hunted for food.

(archaic) Suitable; right; proper.

The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking.

Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

To come in collision with; to confront in conflict; to encounter hostilely; as, they met the enemy and defeated them; the ship met opposing winds and currents.

(countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.

To come into the presence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear.

(colloquial) Willing and able to participate.

To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer; as, the eye met a horrid sight; he met his fate.

(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

To come up to; to be even with; to equal; to match; to satisfy; to ansver; as, to meet one's expectations; the supply meets the demand.

Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

To come together by mutual approach; esp., to come in contact, or into proximity, by approach from opposite directions; to join; to come face to face; to come in close relationship; as, we met in the street; two lines meet so as to form an angle.

Injured, lame (of a limb).

To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

(intransitive) To gamble.

To assemble together; to congregate; as, Congress meets on the first Monday of December.

(intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.

To come together by mutual concessions; hence, to agree; to harmonize; to unite.

(transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.

An assembling together; esp., the assembling of huntsmen for the hunt; also, the persons who so assemble, and the place of meeting.

To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Suitable; fit; proper; appropriate; qualified; convenient.

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

Meetly.

Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

Come together;

Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

Get together socially or for a specific purpose

A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.

Be adjacent or come together;

The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

Fill or meet a want or need

That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

Satisfy a condition or restriction;

In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

Satisfy or fulfill;

A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

Get to know; get acquainted with;

Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

Collect in one place;

To rejoice; to be pleased; - often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.

Meet by design; be present at the arrival of;

To play at any sport or diversion.

Contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle;

To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.

Experience as a reaction;

A single play of a game;

Undergo or suffer;

A contest with rules to determine a winner;

Be in direct physical contact with; make contact;

An amusement or pastime;

Being precisely fitting and right;

Animal hunted for food or sport

The game equipment needed to play a game;

Your occupation or line of work;

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win;

The flesh of wild animals that is used for food

A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal);

Frivolous or trifling behavior;

Place a bet on;

Disabled in the feet or legs;

Willing to face danger