Meaning

(chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left..

Definitions by Sense

1. (chess) The final stage of a game of chess, when there are few pieces left.
2. (bridge) The final stage of a game of bridge, when there are few cards left.
3. (by extension) The final stage of any game.
4. (figuratively) The final stage of an extended process or course of events, especially with the implication of the imminent realization of a masterful strategy or plan.
5. (video games) The gameplay available in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game for players who have completed all of the preset challenges.
6. (crosswording) The thematic element of an advanced cryptic crossword puzzle, typically solved after completing the grid.
7. (fandom slang, of a ship) Having become canon by the end of the plot of a work of fiction or speculated to be intended to become such.

Example Sentences

Rooks become much more important in the endgame.

The real end game consists of a position where the method can be analytically demonstrated by which the slightly superior force can win.

You can't really use squeeze plays until the endgame.

Bridge writing tends to concentrate on the end game.

Being stuck with two V tiles can make for an awkward Scrabble endgame.

Lower levels often mean higher stakes, with characters lacking the inflated health pools and superhuman abilities of endgame builds.

What's his endgame, do you think?

He had been a Commando during the war, had landed on Sword Beach and skirmished his way across the ravaged remains of Europe after D-Day before slogging out the endgame, attached to the 63rd Anti-Tank Regiment.

Word Forms

• endgames
• end game
• end-game

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When Should You Use End game?

Use end game when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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