Associations to the word «Endgame»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

ENDGAME, noun. The final stages of an extended process of negotiation; "the diplomatic endgame".
ENDGAME, noun. The final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.