Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Games The final stage of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
- noun The final stage of an extended process or course of events.
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- noun The
final stage of an extendedprocess orcourse of events. - noun chess The part of a
chess game in which there are few pieces left.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
- noun the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet, I resist it, since the endgame is a balkanized society.
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Guardian leads with what it calls the endgame of the war in Libya - and the fate of the key city of Sirte.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The defense chief also said the next president would receive the blame if the "endgame" is not handled correctly.
Gates: Next president likely to take 'sensible approach' to Iraq 2008
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Norman Osborn†™ s endgame is revealed as the Marvel Universe finds itself irrevocably changed and not everyone survives!
Marvel Sneak Peek: Siege #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Qxg6+ the rook endgame is hopeless; or 37. b4 axb4 38.
Lubomir Kavalek: Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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Will investors trust them, or will they start to worry that the endgame is either inflation or default, two tried-and-true ways other countries have escaped their debts?
Think this economy is bad? Wait for 2012. Greg Ip 2010
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Qxg6+ the rook endgame is hopeless; or 37. b4 axb4 38.
Lubomir Kavalek: Ivanchuk Dominates Chess Olympiad Lubomir Kavalek 2010
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The endgame is here, and the Government are going to win.
Archive 2009-03-01 Dungeekin 2009
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The endgame is here, and the Government are going to win.
Checkmate Dungeekin 2009
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A sensible approach to the endgame is more likely to be accomplished by Obama since McCain has been in bed with George Bush for this long-dragging hopeless war!
Gates: Next president likely to take 'sensible approach' to Iraq 2008
seanahan commented on the word endgame
The end of a chess game. Usually most of the pieces are off the board except for a few pawns and one or two larger pieces.
February 21, 2007
tbtabby commented on the word endgame
In Scrabble, when there are fewer than seven tiles in the bag.
November 27, 2019