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ENDGAME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does endgame mean?
• ENDGAME (noun)
The noun ENDGAME 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: ENDGAME used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("endgame" 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 ("endgame" is a kind of...):
end; last (the final stage or concluding parts of an event or occurrence)
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