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aftergames

aftergames is the plural of aftergame.

Meaning of aftergame

Noun

aftergame (plural aftergames)

  1. (archaic) 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,”
    Synonyms:
    rematch
    Antonyms:
    foregame
  2. Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.

Questions about aftergames

What is aftergames the plural of?
Aftergames is the plural of aftergame.

Words near aftergames in the dictionary

  1. afterflow
  2. afterflows
  3. afterfruit
  4. afterfruits
  5. aftergame
  6. aftergames
  7. afterglow
  8. afterglows
  9. afterglowy
  10. aftergrass
  11. aftergrasses

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