war game
war game noun: a simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
Noun
war game (plural war games)
- A simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
- Well, the WOPR [War Operations Planning Response] spends all it's time thinking about World War III. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, it plays an endless series of war games using all available information on the state of the world. The WOPR has already fought World War III as a game time...1983, Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes, WarGames, spoken by Paul Richter
- On the other hand, war games in the Weimar era did not first develop into a political instrument when they began to incorporate political entities. Rather, only war games were able to approximate exactly the situation that was to be avoided at all costs.2012, Philipp Von Hilgers, War Games: A History of War on Paper, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 65
- Synonyms:
- military exercise, training exercise
- A game, for entertainment or edutainment purposes, that simulates or represents a military operation.
Verb
war game (third-person singular simple present war games, present participle war gaming, simple past and past participle war gamed)
- To run a military simulation of this kind.
- Together Britain, the United States and Ukraine conducted an assessment of the new plan, trying to war game it once more.2022 September 13, Julian E. Barnes, Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper, “The Critical Moment Behind Ukraine’s Rapid Advance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
war game meaning in Urdu and Arabic
war game in Urdu
- جنگی کاروائی کی ورزش
war game in Arabic
- military simulation
- لُعْبَة حَرْب luʕbat ḥarb
Synonyms of war game
Forms of war game
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | war games |
| alternative form | wargame |
| alternative form | war-game |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | war games |
| present participle | war gaming |
| past participle | war gamed |
| past | war gamed |
Questions about war game
- What does war game mean?
- War game means a simulation (by whatever means, physical or digital), for training and strategy purposes, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation.
- What is war game in Urdu?
- War game in Urdu is جنگی کاروائی کی ورزش. See War game meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is war game?
- War game can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of war game?
- The plural of war game is war games.
Words near war game in the dictionary
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