Sport

/spɔːt/ · noun

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics..

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
2. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
3. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
4. (archaic) Something fun, pastime; amusement.
5. (archaic) Mockery, making fun; derision.
6. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
7. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
8. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.

Example Sentences

Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well.

Sport can be an excellent form of exercise because the competition and sense of achievement can help with both motivation and pleasure.

Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.

The loser was a good sport, and congratulated Jen on her performance.

You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.

The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

Think it but a minute spent in sport.

Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.

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Word Forms

• sports
• sporting
• sported

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