game over
Etymology
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Etymology
The message originated on pinball machines and has been very widely used in video games.
Pronunciation Translations- French: game over, fin de jeu, jeu terminé, partie terminée, fin de partie
- German: Game over
- Italian: gioco terminato
- Portuguese: fim de jogo
- Russian: игра закончена
- Spanish: partida terminada
- Portuguese: fim de jogo
game over (plural game overs)
- (video games) An appearance of a game over message.
- When you die too many times in this game, you get a game over.
game over (third-person singular simple present game overs or games over, present participle game overing or gaming over, simple past and past participle game overed or gamed over)
- (video games, rare, intransitive) To receive a 'game over' message.
- (video games, rare, transitive) To deliver to someone a 'game over' message.
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