- present participle of game.
gaming
Americannoun
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gamings
plural
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the playing of games developed to teach something or to help solve a problem, as in a military or business situation.
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Digital Technology. the playing of computer or video games.
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of gaming
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Park So-yeon is set to become the first woman to represent South Korea's national team in eSports and wants to pave the way for more in the male-dominated world of competitive gaming.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Netflix and Rockstar have partnered in the past to make previous versions of GTA available on Netflix's mobile gaming section.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
For the first time in the history of gaming, consoles across the board have seen price hikes years after they came out.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Electronic Arts, the gaming company known for franchises such as “The Sims” and “Battlefield,” has been acquired by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners for $55 billion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
These users simply avoided entering any gaming or PvP zones where their defenseless first-level avatars could be attacked by NPCs or by other players.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
You who know me will know also how useless are such gamings of man with Nature.
From The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Sir Max Pemberton
He had lost too much in recent gamings to afford greater risks just now.
From The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play by Charles Goddard
I, madam, must not they judge of all gamings i'th' Court?
From Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois by Frederick S. Boas
More junketings, gamings, collecting of outlandish things, visits to religious and civic pageants, new sketches and paintings, doctor’s bills and monk’s fees, minutely recorded.
From Dürer Artist-Biographies by M. F. Sweetser
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