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electronic game

American  

noun

  1. video game.


electronic game British  

noun

  1. any of various small hand-held computerized games, usually battery-operated, having a small screen on which graphics are displayed and buttons to operate the game

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Etymology

Origin of electronic game

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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He subsequently left Xerox to join Sun Microsystems and later the pioneering electronic game console maker 3DO.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2020

Reinders and another man used a credit card belonging to Woods to buy an electronic game console, jewelry and clothes, Fort Wayne Police Department investigators said in court documents.

From Washington Times • Dec. 15, 2014

They have almost every electronic game on the market and wear obscenely expensive tennis shoes.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2013

In 2011, Zynga, an electronic game company, raised $1 billion from its IPO, and Groupon, the cyber coupon firm, tapped the market for $700 million.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2012

They controlled a vast network of companies; electronic game manufacturers, microwave and appli- ance manufacturers, and notably, acres and acres of Manhattan Island, California and Hawaii.

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