endgame
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: compound
Topics: board-games
bridge
chess
games
lifestyle
video-games
Etymology: From end + game.
Compound parts: end
game
Inflected forms:
form: endgames
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: end game
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: end-game
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: end game
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: end-game
pos: adj
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
pos: noun
examples: Rooks become much more important in the endgame.
The real end game consists of a position where the method can be analytically demonstrated by which the slightly superior force can win.
gloss: The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
pos: noun
examples: You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame.
Bridge writing tends to concentrate on the end game.
gloss: The final stage of any game.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
examples: Being stuck with two V tiles can make for an awkward Scrabble endgame.
Lower levels often mean higher stakes, with characters lacking the inflated health pools and superhuman abilities of endgame builds.
gloss: The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: What's his endgame, do you think?
He had been a Commando during the war, had landed on Sword Beach and skirmished his way across the ravaged remains of Europe after D-Day before slogging out the endgame, attached to the 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment.
Like optics, it’s one of those buzzwords, beloved by pundits, that implies its users are smarter than everyone else, because they see another level that most people don’t in political machinations. In meme parlance, you may ask “Why?” but ah, an intellectual asks, “What’s the endgame?”
It is time for the United States and its allies to get directly involved in shaping Ukraine’s strategic objectives, managing the conflict, and seeking a diplomatic endgame.
gloss: The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
pos: noun
gloss: The thematic element of an advanced cryptic crossword puzzle, typically solved after completing the grid.
pos: noun
examples: Listener endgames have included […] shading every instance of the letters N - Z in the completed grid to reveal a 'normal' blocked crossword hidden in the one just solved
What do you look for in an Advanced Cryptic crossword? […] Good balance of clues and endgame
gloss: Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
slang
examples: TJLC’ers’ strong belief in Johnlock as endgame was intrinsically linked with their trust in the show’s creators, which enabled them to interpret the repeated denial of the subtext in Sherlock as part of the game.
I think the fans and I were pretty aligned with who we wanted as endgame couples.
One user, for example, posted, “Bughead haters can suck it. They’re endgame.”
Translations:
lang: Dutch
word: eindspel
lang: Finnish
word: loppuvaihe
lang: German
word: Schlussphase
lang: Spanish
word: juego final
lang: Spanish
word: etapa final