END GAME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does end game mean? 

• END GAME (noun)
  The noun END GAME has 2 senses:

1. the final stages of an extended process of negotiation

2. the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board

  Familiarity information: END GAME used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• END GAME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The final stages of an extended process of negotiation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

end game; endgame

Context example:

the diplomatic endgame

Hypernyms ("end game" is a kind of...):

end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

end game; endgame

Hypernyms ("end game" is a kind of...):

end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)