Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - gambit
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(gambits) 1. A gambit is an action or set of actions, which you carry out in order to try to gain an advantage in a situation or game. He sees the proposal as more of a diplomatic gambit than a serious defense proposal... Campaign strategists are calling the plan a clever political gambit. = ploy, tactic N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. A gambit is a remark which you make to someone in order to start or continue a conversation with them. His favourite opening gambit is: ‘You are so beautiful, will you be my next wife?’... Bernard made no response to Tom’s conversational gambits. N-COUNT: usu with supp ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: Italian gambetto, literally, act of tripping someone, from gamba leg, from Late Latin gamba, camba, from Greek kampe bend; probably akin to Gothic hamfs maimed, Lithuanian kampas corner Date: 1656 1. a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position 2. a. (1) a remark intended to start a conversation or make a telling point (2) topic b. a calculated move ; stratagem ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a chess opening in which a player sacrifices a piece or pawn to secure an advantage. 2 an opening move in a discussion etc. 3 a trick or device. Etymology: earlier gambett f. It. gambetto tripping up f. gamba leg ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. шахм. гамбит 2. жертва, уступка для получения преимущества в дальнейшем 3. первый шаг (в предприятии, действии и т. п.); пробный шар 4. (любой) целенаправленный маневр ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) chess гамбит 2) первый шаг в чем-л. (тж. opening gambit) 3) уступка с целью получения выгоды в дальнейшем ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1656, from It. gambetto, lit. "a tripping up" (as a trick in wrestling), from gamba "leg," from L.L. gamba. Current spelling infl. by Fr. form, gambit. Applied to chess openings in Sp. 1561 by Ruy Lopez. Broader sense of "opening move meant to gain advantage" is first recorded in Eng. 1855. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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