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game-over

game-over is the alternative spelling of game over.

Meaning of game over

Verb

game over (third-person singular simple present game overs or games over, present participle game overing or gaming over, simple past and past participle game overed or gamed over)

  1. (intransitive, rare) To receive a 'game over' message.
  2. (rare, transitive) To deliver to someone a 'game over' message.

See all 6 meanings of game over

Forms of game-over

third-person singular presentgame-overs
present participlegame-overing
past participlegame-overed
pastgame-overed

Questions about game-over

What is game-over the alternative spelling of?
Game-over is the alternative spelling of game over.

Words near game-over in the dictionary

  1. game-making
  2. game-master
  3. game-masters
  4. game-mistress
  5. game-mistresses
  6. game-over
  7. game-overed
  8. game-overing
  9. game-overs
  10. game-play
  11. game-plays

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Adapted from Wiktionary: game-over (page history and authors); game over (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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