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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Games The final stage of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.
  • noun The final stage of an extended process or course of events.

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  • noun The final stage of an extended process or course of events.
  • noun chess The part of a chess game in which there are few pieces left.

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  • noun the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
  • noun the final stages of an extended process of negotiation

Etymologies

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end +‎ game

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  • The end of a chess game. Usually most of the pieces are off the board except for a few pawns and one or two larger pieces.

    February 21, 2007

  • In Scrabble, when there are fewer than seven tiles in the bag.

    November 27, 2019