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war gaming

war gaming is the present participle and gerund of war game.

Meaning of war game

Verb

war game (third-person singular simple present war games, present participle war gaming, simple past and past participle war gamed)

  1. 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

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Questions about war gaming

What is war gaming the present participle and gerund of?
War gaming is the present participle and gerund of war game.

Words near war gaming in the dictionary

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