video game

noun

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

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Garcia's team had pushed back, noting that video game characters' dialogue is written by humans, while chatbot outputs are simply the result of an LLM predicting what word should come next. ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025 And last year, computer vision pioneer Fei-Fei Li, known as the Godmother of AI, founded World Labs, a startup building AI that generates 3D fantasy worlds, which could be helpful for video game development or astronaut simulations. Richard Nieva, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 Doe and her friend arrived at the apartment in the evening and went to Retzlaff’s room to play video games. Tess Demeyer, New York Times, 22 May 2025 The film adaptation is being co-developed and co-produced alongside Capcom, the developer and publisher of the video games. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for video game

Word History

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 28 May. 2025.

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video game

noun
: a game played with images on a video screen

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