Multiplayer

Quick meaning: Multiplayer is an adjective meaning (games) Requiring or allowing multiple (or more than the usual two) players to play simultaneously.

Meaning

(games) Requiring or allowing multiple (or more than the usual two) players to play simultaneously.

More Meanings

1. (games, uncountable) The feature of a video game where multiple human players play simultaneously.
2. (in the plural) Video game players who play multiplayer games.

Example Sentences

He always loved to play multiplayer games with his friends.

I just heard that the game will have multiplayer when it comes out!

The audio suggestions just mentioned would be advantageous when pairs are working together at a computer or multiplayers are collaborating or competing in online educational games and simulations.

After dinner, Isaac brought out his portable gaming console for multiplayers, and he and I began our car racing battle while the others unpacked and brought out the Japanese futons, duvets, and pillows.

Word Forms

• multi-player
• multiplayers

Antonyms for multiplayer

Common opposites include singleplayer, solitaire.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gaming, multi-player, multigame, multiserver, multiuser, multimachine.

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