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game day

game day noun: the day of a competition, as opposed to practice games.

Noun

game day (plural game days)

  1. The day of a competition, as opposed to practice games.
    • I loved the whole ritual of game day; putting on my uniform, driving to the field, doing our warm-ups, hearing the crowd cheer and my name called, and taking my place at shortstop.2001, Derek Jeter, Game Day, →ISBN, page 13
    • Game days are what you work for, what you live for as an athlete.2012, Thomas Nelson, Inspired Faith: 365 Days a Year: Daily Motivation in God's Word, →ISBN
  2. (broadly, figuratively) The day when something important is scheduled to happen.
    • This brings us at last to game day. You are going to speak. You are prepared to speak, but you still have some work to do before, during, and right after your presentation.2006, Gary Gagliardi, Making Money by Speaking, →ISBN
    • Thanks to my wonderful team at Brigham and Women's and the awesome folks at the Pulmonary Rehab Department at Concord Hospital, Concord, New Hampshire, as the “game day” approached; it actually looked like I could make it.2011, Stephen Knipstein, Taking Flight: Inspirational Stories of Lung Transplantation - More Journeys

Examples of game day in a sentence

  • There's a tendency to think professional athletes get graded only on game day.2014, Mark Verstegen, Peter Williams, Every Day Is Game Day, →ISBN:
  • Every day is game day when you're running for president.2016 August 5, Michael Bassik, “Make Marketing Great Again: 3 Lessons from the Campaign Trail”, in Entrepreneur:

Forms of game day

pluralgame days

Questions about game day

What does game day mean?
Game day means the day of a competition, as opposed to practice games.
How do you use game day in a sentence?
There's a tendency to think professional athletes get graded only on game day.
What part of speech is game day?
Game day is a noun.
What is the plural of game day?
The plural of game day is game days.

Words near game day in the dictionary

  1. game clubs
  2. game console
  3. game consoles
  4. game controller
  5. game controllers
  6. game day
  7. game days
  8. game dev
  9. game devs
  10. game drive
  11. game drives

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