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end·game
also end game (ĕnd′gām′)n.
1. Games The final stage of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
2. The final stage of an extended process or course of events: the diplomatic endgame that led to the treaty.
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endgame
(ˈɛndˌɡeɪm)n
1. (Chess & Draughts) Also called: ending the closing stage of a game of chess, in which only a few pieces are left on the board
2. (Games, other than specified) the closing stage of any of certain other games
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| Noun | 1. | endgame - the final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame" final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
| 2. | endgame - the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board final stage, end, last - the concluding parts of an event or occurrence; "the end was exciting"; "I had to miss the last of the movie" |
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endgame
n → Endspiel nt
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