endgame
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Definition
- Noun:
- The final stage of a chess game: The phase of a chess match that occurs after many pieces have been captured, typically characterized by strategic maneuvering with kings and a few remaining pieces.
- The final stage of any extended process: The concluding phase of a complex undertaking, such as a negotiation, conflict, or project, where the outcome is determined.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- The grandmaster is famous for her brilliant tactics in the endgame.
- After months of talks, the diplomats entered the delicate endgame of the peace negotiations.
Advanced Usage
- "to be in the endgame": To be in the final, decisive phase of a process.
- With the contract deadline approaching, we are now in the endgame.
- "endgame strategy": A plan designed for the final phase of an endeavor.
- The company's endgame strategy focused on securing a dominant market position.
Variants and Related Words
- End game (noun): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
- The political end game was fraught with tension.
Synonyms
- Finale: The last part of a piece of music or a public performance.
- Culmination: The highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.
- Conclusion: The end or finish of an event, process, or text.
Related Phrases
- Endgame scenario: A projected or possible situation in the final stage of events.
- Analysts discussed various endgame scenarios for the economic crisis.
Noun
- the final stages of a chess game after most of the pieces have been removed from the board
- the final stages of an extended process of negotiation
- the diplomatic endgame