ALL meanings of war game
war game
W w - noun war game a simulated military operation, carried out to test the validity of a war plan or operational concept: in its simplest form, two opposing teams of officers take part, and when necessary, military units of the required strength are employed. 1
- countable noun war game War games are military exercises that are carried out for the purpose of training, and that are designed to imitate a real war as closely as possible. 0
- countable noun war game A war game is a game in which model soldiers are used to recreate battles that happened in the past. War games can also be played on computers. 0
- noun war game a notional tactical exercise for training military commanders, in which no military units are actually deployed 0
- noun war game (military) A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real-life situation. 0
- noun war game a game in which model soldiers are used to create battles, esp past battles, in order to study tactics 0
- noun war game A game that simulates or represents a military operation. 0
- verb war game to prepare for battle by considering possible tactics and enemy responses 0
- noun war game kriegspiel 0
- noun war game practice maneuvers involving actual troops, sailors, etc. and military vehicles and equipment 0
- noun war game the testing of a plan or hypothetical situation, as in devising military strategy, by the use of a computer, simulated models, etc. 0
- verb transitive war game to examine or plan by a war game 0
- intransitive verb war game to engage in a war game 0