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Dictionary Definitions: Sufficient Conditions

The document defines a game by providing the necessary elements: 1) Category as an activity, 2) Sufficient conditions as a challenge, strategy, and one or more participants, and 3) Function as entertainment. It then provides a consolidated definition stating that a game is an activity requiring participants and a strategy to overcome a challenge for entertainment or wellbeing.

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Dictionary Definitions: Sufficient Conditions

The document defines a game by providing the necessary elements: 1) Category as an activity, 2) Sufficient conditions as a challenge, strategy, and one or more participants, and 3) Function as entertainment. It then provides a consolidated definition stating that a game is an activity requiring participants and a strategy to overcome a challenge for entertainment or wellbeing.

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Dictionary Definitions

To define a predicate fully, you need three elements:

1. Category that the predicate belongs to: Its extension is a subset in that category.
2. Distinctive semantic properties: The defining characteristics, the necessary conditions. The
total set of conditions is sufficient conditions that need to be met for an element to
belong to the extension of the predicate.
3. Function of the predicate (if it has one): What it is used for

Dining Table: a piece of furniture, it has a flat surface, four legs, solid, elevated above ground level, etc.
It is used for serving food

Game
List of games:

Puzzle hunting scrabble I spy cards football charades monopoly


wrestling jeopardy hide and seek educational games treasure hunt hurdle
jumping bull-fighting jogging

Merriam-Webster's: A physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the


participants in direct opposition to each other

Oxford: A form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by
skill, strength, or luck.

American Heritage: An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word
games.

MacMillan: An activity that you do for fun that has rules, and that you can win or lose

Collins: A game is an activity or sport usually involving skill, knowledge, or chance, in which you follow
fixed rules and try to win against an opponent or to solve a puzzle.

Game is
1. Category: an activity
2. Sufficient Conditions:
• Challenge
• Strategy
• One or more participants
3. Function: Entertainment

Definition
A game is an activity that requires one or more participants
and involves a strategy to overcome a challenge for a reward
of entertainment or wellbeing.

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