video game

[vid-ee-oh-geym] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌgeɪm /

NOUN

game on computer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

computer game

WEAK

Nintendo™ Playstation™ Xbox™ computerized game electronic game

Example Sentences

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Nintendo and Sony have announced price increases for video game consoles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

They've got just one half-day session to record 32 minutes of music for the new James Bond video game, 007 First Light.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

The stand-out villain of “The Furious,” a bald bruiser played by Orange County-born Brian Le, moves like an 8-bit video game brute, wobbling his ankles before he falls down and goes boom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Nvidia is best known for its GPUs, specialised computer chips originally designed to render video game graphics at high speed.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

“Or are you not so sure you’re going to win that video game system after all?”

From "Trouble at the Arcade (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #1)" by Franklin W. Dixon