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text adventure

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

A computer game in which the player is given a textual description of the environment and uses a command line to interact with it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computer-games, games

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Meaning relationships

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 文字冒險遊戲 /文字冒险游戏 (wénzì màoxiǎn yóuxì) — text-based computer game
  • Finnish: tekstiseikkailu — text-based computer game
  • Russian: те́кстовая игра́ (tékstovaja igrá) — text-based computer game
  • Russian: интеракти́вная фанта́стика (intɛraktívnaja fantástika) — text-based computer game
  • Swedish: textäventyr — text-based computer game