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Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.
Nigel Cole

Meaning of "board game" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOARD GAME

board game  [bɔːd ɡeɪm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOARD GAME

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Board game is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOARD GAME MEAN IN ENGLISH?

board game

Board game

A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games can be based on pure strategy, chance, or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal that a player aims to achieve. Early board games represented a battle between two armies, and most current board games are still based on defeating opposing players in terms of counters, winning position, or accrual of points. There are many different types and styles of board games. Their representation of real-life situations can range from having no inherent theme, to having a specific theme and narrative. Rules can range from the very simple to those describing a game universe in great detail – although most of the latter are role-playing games where the board is secondary to the game, serving to help visualize the game scenario. The amount of time required to learn to play or master a game varies greatly from game to game. Learning time does not necessarily correlate with the number or complexity of rules; some games having profound strategies possess relatively simple rulesets.

Definition of board game in the English dictionary

The definition of board game in the dictionary is game such as chess, backgammon or Monopoly, played on a board.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOARD GAME


aftergame
ˈɑːftəˌɡeɪm
aim
eɪm
became
bɪˈkeɪm
blackgame
ˈblækˌɡeɪm
came
keɪm
claim
kleɪm
dame
deɪm
endgame
ˈɛndˌɡeɪm
fame
feɪm
filename
ˈfaɪlˌneɪm
first-name
ˌfɜːstˈneɪm
flame
fleɪm
frame
freɪm
game
ɡeɪm
name
neɪm
nongame
ˌnɒnˈɡeɪm
postgame
ˌpəʊstˈɡeɪm
pregame
priːˈɡeɪm
same
seɪm
username
ˈjuːzəˌneɪm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOARD GAME

board bridge
board chairman
board foot
board measure
board meeting
board member
board of directors
board of education
board of examiners
board of governors
board of health
board of inquiry
board of managers
board of pardons
board of parole
board of regents
board of trade
Board of Trade Unit
board of trustees
board rule

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOARD GAME

arcade game
ball game
beautiful game
big game
card game
computer game
con game
fair game
football game
guessing game
home game
love game
name of the game
party game
perfect game
play the game
role-playing game
small game
video game
war game
word game

Synonyms and antonyms of board game in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «board game» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOARD GAME

Find out the translation of board game to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of board game from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «board game» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棋类游戏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

juego de mesa
570 millions of speakers

English

board game
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बोर्ड खेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَعْبَة أَلْواح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

настольная игра
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jogo de tabuleiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বোর্ড খেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jeu de société
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

permainan papan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Brettspiel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ボードゲーム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보드 게임
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Papan game
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trò đánh cờ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குழு விளையாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बैठे खेळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

masa oyunu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gioco da tavolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gra planszowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

настільна гра
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

joc pe tablă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιτραπέζιο παιχνίδι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

raad spel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brädspel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

brettspill
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of board game

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOARD GAME»

The term «board game» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.092 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOARD GAME» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about board game

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8 QUOTES WITH «BOARD GAME»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word board game.
1
Peter Berg
The first movie I literally ever made in my life was about two guys playing Stratego with each other. I had all my friends dressing up like the military characters in the game. So 'Battleship' is really my second board game turned movie!
2
H. G. Bissinger
One of the inspirations for my becoming a writer was the baseball board game Strat-O-Matic.
3
Nigel Cole
Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.
4
Anna Friel
People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play.
5
Peter Higgs
My inbox and doormat are full with emails and letters from people who want me to endorse their Higgs board game or to inaugurate the walkway of their new office atrium. There's even a microbrewery in Barcelona which wants to know what my favourite beer is so they can brew a similar one in my honour. It is quite mad.
6
Casey James
I love to play games. Anything that is competitive. I love to play darts, shoot pool, any video game or board game, anything like that I am all about. For me is more about spending time with somebody, hanging out and enjoying yourself.
7
Rich Sommer
Three times a year, there's Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day weekends. You go and take a look at the new board games and meet a couple of board game designers, and you can check out games you don't own from the library and then return them.
8
Rich Sommer
I am a board game enthusiast, a board game evangelist, a board game nerd, but I wouldn't say I'm 'keen' because I very rarely win, and 'keen' suggests you're actually good at something. But I do play a lot of them, and I have a pretty good-sized collection.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOARD GAME»

Discover the use of board game in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to board game and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Board Game Education
The book provides an informative analysis of how classic board games that everyone has played_and probably owns_are not only great family entertainment but also develop core educational skills that have been proven to lead to academic ...
Jeffrey P. Hinebaugh, 2009
2
The Board Game: How Smart Women Become Corporate Directors
From her executive-search perspective, author Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire gives valuable advice to women at all career stages so YOU, your sisters, your mothers, and your daughters will have a chance to win The Board Game.
Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire, 2013
3
Hamtaro Board Game Book
Get on board with this hot new game book relaease from your favorite Ham-Ham characters! The pages of this clever board book open to create 8 different game boards! That's 8 different Ham-ham games to paly!
‎2003
4
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game
In the 'Battlestar Galactica - The Board Game', players play one of ten of their favorite characters from the show, each with their abilities and weaknesses, and must all work together in order for humanity to have any hope of survival.
Corey Konieczka, 2008
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The Book of Classic Board Games
Features the playing boards, instructions, and pieces for fifteen of the world's most popular board games, including "Go," "Reversi," "Manacala," "Dalmatian Pirates," and "Hex"
Klutz Press, Sid Sackson, 1990
6
The Board Game on the Phaistos Disk: Its Siblings Senet and ...
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H. Peter Aleff, 2002
7
Journey to Gameland: How to Make a Board Game from Your ...
Suggests ways to use the plot, themes, and characters of children's books to create an original board game, and provides advice on beginning and ending a game, developing complications, making the board and pieces, and other details.
Ben Buchanan, Carol J. Adams, Susan Allison, 2001
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The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board ...
For many years Brian Tinsman reviewed new game submissions for Hasbro, the largest game company in the US. With The Game Inventor's Guidebook: How to Invent and Sell Board Games, Card Games, Role-playing Games & Everything in Between! he ...
Brian Tinsman, 2008
9
Libraries Got Game: Aligned Learning Through Modern Board Games
A much-talked-about topic gets thorough consideration from two educator-librarians, who explain exactly how designer board gameswhich are worlds apart from games produced strictly for the educational market can become curricular staples for ...
Brian Mayer, Christopher Harris, 2010
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The Board Game: A Director's Companion for Winning in Business
A Director's Companion for Winning in Business Peter Waine. functions. Then there will be challenge and tension between marketing and finance, and that is healthy. But even then it can all go wrong. If the board is, in reality, two groupings  ...
Peter Waine, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOARD GAME»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term board game is used in the context of the following news items.
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Monopoly board game being made into feature film
Toy company Hasbro and Hollywood studio Lions Gate are teaming up to bring the popular Monopoly board game to the big screen as a ... «KMTV, Jul 15»
2
Attack on Titan Board Game Coming Out in 2016
According to the said post, the first Attack On Titan board game was designed by Antoine Bauza and Ludovic Maublanc and will be released ... «iDigitalTimes.com, Jul 15»
3
Board Game Industry Booming; Local Developer Hoping to Blast off …
Stan Strickland, along with son Mike, began a Kickstarter to attempt to fund their new board game, Tau Ceti: Planetary Crisis. The Kickstarter ... «Naples Herald, Jul 15»
4
Tabletop for Two: Board Games Couples Can Play Together
By Hilary GoldsteinBoard game nights are great. You get friends together, you play a few games and you have a blast. Then everyone leaves ... «IGN, Jul 15»
5
Board Game Club heads to the movies for next event | Latest news …
Nomadic dice-throwing event Board Game Club is heading to Leicester Square this month to celebrate all things film on Thursday, July 30th. «Toy News, Jul 15»
6
Toronto board game café Snakes and Lattes gets its own sitcom
Snakes and Lattes bills itself as North America's first board game café, but soon it can add a second title: the first board game café to get its own ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
7
7 of the best board games for Android
We're talking about Chess, of course – a board game that's over 1000 years old. Today, even though most gaming takes place in virtual worlds, ... «Phone Arena, Jul 15»
8
Pier board game to be launched Thursday
The Pier board game will be launched Thursday, July 9, 4-6:30 p.m., at the Polish Village Hall, Victoria Road. An inter-faith group has spent the ... «Cape Breton Post, Jul 15»
9
Monopoly the Movie? The Iconic Board Game is Getting its Own Film
Get your properties ready because it looks like the long gestating Film adaptation of the beloved board game "Monopoly' has just passed go. «Food World News, Jul 15»
10
Game on! 'Monopoly' latest board game-inspired movie to pass 'Go'
But Monopoly isn't the first board game to get the big-screen treatment. Here's a breakdown of three other games that already have been ... «Today.com, Jul 15»

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