SPORT


Meaning of SPORT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spɔ:(r)t ]

( sports)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Sports are games such as football and basketball and other competitive leisure activities which need physical effort and skill.

I’d say football is my favourite sport...

She excels at sport...

Billy turned on a radio to get the sports news.

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2.

If you say that someone is a sport or a good sport , you mean that they cope with a difficult situation or teasing in a cheerful way. ( OLD-FASHIONED )

He was accused of having no sense of humor, of not being a good sport.

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