aftergame
aftergame noun: a second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
Noun
aftergame (plural aftergames)
- A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
- Twere ouer-sight in that at which we ayme, / To put the hazard on an after-game;1597, Michael Drayton, Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: N. Ling, 1603, “Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, to Mary the French Queene,”
- so many thousand faithfull and valiant English men, who left us in this libertie, bought with thir lives; losing by a strange after game of folly, all the battels we have wonn,1660, John Milton, The Readie and Easie Way to Establish a Free Commonwealth, London, page 24
- Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
aftergame meaning in Tamil
aftergame in Tamil
- மறுமுறை முயற்சி
Synonyms of aftergame
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Forms of aftergame
| plural | aftergames |
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Origin of aftergame
From after- + game.
Questions about aftergame
- What does aftergame mean?
- Aftergame means a second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
- What is aftergame in Tamil?
- Aftergame in Tamil is மறுமுறை முயற்சி. See Aftergame meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is aftergame?
- Aftergame is a noun.
- What is the plural of aftergame?
- The plural of aftergame is aftergames.
Words near aftergame in the dictionary
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