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game changer en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation.
2. (figuratively, literally) An innovative idea, product, event or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game.
   • Kane’s magnificent pass from deep to Bellingham that led to the penalty was the game changer, resulting in a penalty which the captain scored, the Republic also being reduced to 10 men with Scales’ red card. 2024 November 17, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 Republic of Ireland”, in BBC Sport:
   • Improved drug testing has been a game changer for many sports.

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Relateds

landmark · trailblazer · game-changing · watershed · change the game · milestone

Translations (22)

pl rewolucyjna zmiana ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · pl innowator (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · fi mullistaja (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · pl gamechanger ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de entscheidende Innovation ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · es algo que rompe esquemas ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · ru перело́мный моме́нт ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · es cambiador del juego ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · es punto de inflexión ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Revolutionär (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · fi mullistus ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Paradigmenwechsel ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Innovator (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · ru геймче́йнджер ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Neuordner (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · de bahnbrechende Neuerung ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Reformer (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · pl innowatorka (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · es revolucionador ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de Umstürzler (a visionary, innovative person who changes the way people think of a situation) · de entscheidende Neuerung ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game) · de entscheidende Veränderung ((literally or figuratively) an innovative idea, product or procedure which changes the rules of a process viewed as a game)