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ingame

ingame is the alternative form of in-game.

Meaning of in-game

Adjective

in-game (not comparable)

  1. Within the virtual world or player experience of a video game.
    • You can buy in-game currency with real life money.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (Internet, humorous, neologism) Used as a protective measure to avoid legal liability for making a statement that could be interpreted as a threat.

Synonyms of ingame

Origin of ingame

From in- + game.

Questions about ingame

What does ingame mean?
Ingame means used as a protective measure to avoid legal liability for making a statement that could be interpreted as a threat.
What is ingame the alternative form of?
Ingame is the alternative form of in-game.
What part of speech is ingame?
Ingame is a prepositional phrase.

Words near ingame in the dictionary

  1. ingallantries
  2. ingallantry
  3. Ingalls
  4. Ingalsbe
  5. Ingalsbes
  6. ingame
  7. ingang
  8. ingangs
  9. ingannation
  10. ingannations
  11. Ingarsby

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ingame (page history and authors); in-game (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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