gamify

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verb

To convert into the form of a game.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verbgamify (third-person singular simple present gamifies, present participle gamifying, simple past and past participle gamified)

present singular third person gamifies · participle present gamifying · participle past gamified · past gamified

  1. transitiveTo convert into the form of a game.

    Famously, Tinder gamified the search for love, introducing that addictive swipe feature to its target audience: millennials.

    2025 May 10, Lulu Garcia-Navarro, “‘The Interview’: Can Whitney Wolfe Herd Make Us Love Dating Apps Again?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 May 2025

Origin

Translations

Finnish pelillistää
  • pelillistääto convert into the form of a game
French ludifier
  • ludifierto convert into the form of a game
German gamifizieren
  • gamifizierento convert into the form of a game
Portuguese ludificar, gamificar
  • ludificarto convert into the form of a game
  • gamificarto convert into the form of a game
Spanish ludificar, gamificar
  • ludificarto convert into the form of a game
  • gamificarto convert into the form of a game
Swedish spelifiera
  • spelifierato convert into the form of a game

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Cite this entry
APA

gamify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamify

MLA

“gamify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gamify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gamify.

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