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endgame
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end·game also end game  (ndgm)
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.

endgame [ˈɛndˌgeɪm]
n
1. (Group Games / 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. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) the closing stage of any of certain other games
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Noun1.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"
Translations
endgame end game, end-game [ˈɛndgeɪm] n
(CHESS)fin f de partie
(fig)fin f de partie
endgame
nEndspiel nt


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