video game

noun

: an electronic game in which players control images on a video screen

Examples of video game in a Sentence

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So Kojima and Mercer, the two great gods of gaming and video games, will certainly get the most important parades. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 20 Oct. 2025 And video game spinoffs of the Italian Brainrot cinematic universe have broken all sorts of records on Roblox and Fortnite. Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025 In 2022, Australian firm Cortical Labs demonstrated similar progress by training artificial neurons to play the video game Pong. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025 It is owned by Amazon and has become the world’s largest video game streaming service, with millions of daily visitors. City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for video game

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First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of video game was in 1973

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“Video game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/video%20game. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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video game

noun
: a game played with images on a video screen

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