NAME OF THE GAME meaning: Central or most important element

We found 15 dictionaries that define the word name of the game:

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name of the game, the name of the game: Merriam-Webster
the name of the game: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
name of the game: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
name of the game: Collins English Dictionary
the name of the game: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
name of the game: Wiktionary
name of the game: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
name of the game: Infoplease Dictionary
name of the game: Dictionary.com
Name of the Game (Badfinger song), Name of the Game (disambiguation), Name of the Game, The Name Of The Game, The Name of the Game (ABBA song), The Name of the Game (TV series): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
name of the game: TheFreeDictionary.com

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name of the game, the name of the game: Idioms

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the name of the game: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (name of the game)

▸ noun: (idiomatic, almost always preceded by the, informal) The essential element (needed to reach the principal goal or objective); the overall purpose.

Opposite:

irrelevant, unimportant, immaterial, insignificant

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