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video game

UK/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/US/ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
phraseA2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A video game is a game you play on a screen with buttons or a touch pad. Play a video game.

The industry is now larger than film and music together, which surprises people who do not play. A video game is the only medium where the audience decides what happens next.

Shadowgate · CC BY 2.0

Definitions of video game

  1. 1phrasevideo gameA game you play on a screen with buttons or a touch pad.A2

    “One video game kept the whole family occupied for a winter.”

video game is a game.

Also accepted in games: computer game, videogame

Where it comes from

Video plus game, from Latin videre, to see.

From video + game.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Technology & Internet

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