They played game together.

Meaning: This means they participated in an activity for fun, in each other's presence.

Choice of Words: Played is the past tense of play, which means to engage in an activity for enjoyment or recreation. Game is an activity that is played according to rules. Together means in the company of one or more people. When you put them together, They played game together means they engaged in a recreational activity in each other's company.

Alternative Expressions

The children played hide-and-seek together.

Meaning: This means that a group of children participated in a game of hide-and-seek together for fun.

Choice of Words: The children specifies that the group of people playing the game are children. Hide-and-seek is a specific game where one person hides and the others try to find them. Together still means in the company of each other or at the same time.

My friends and I played soccer together after school.

Meaning: This means that the speaker and their friends participated in a game of soccer together after school for fun.

Choice of Words: My friends and I specifies that the group of people playing the game are the speaker and their friends. Soccer is a specific game played with a ball and a goal. Together still means in the company of each other or at the same time. After school indicates when the game took place.

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