noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a driving/swimming etc lesson
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Dad said he'd pay for driving lessons as my birthday present.
a golf/swimming/tennis championship
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the Women's Golf Championship
a swimming/bathing cap
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A swimming cap will stop you getting your hair wet.
go shopping/swimming/skiing etc
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I need to go shopping this afternoon.
swimming bath
swimming cap
swimming costume
swimming pool
swimming suit
swimming trunks
synchronized swimming
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pool
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Opening times at Kirkby Sports Centre and swimming pool and Heatwaves will all be cut.
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Thurso has got a swimming pool and a wine bar.
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Local Activities: walks, boat cruises, swimming pool , golf, horse-riding.
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Other facilities include two swimming pools and nightly entertainment featuring steel bands, limbo dancing and calypso music.
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The Form has a bar, sauna and massage rooms, an outdoor swimming pool as well as clock golf and a tennis court.
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The most luxurious have bars, swimming pools and air-conditioned cabins.
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A swimming pool and toddlers pool, squash courts, health suite and multi-gym.
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They hope to build eight single bedrooms with flats for families and a possible leisure complex with a swimming pool and whirlpool.
■ VERB
go
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I went swimming , and I was so happy I cried into the sea for three-quarters of an hour.
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No, Floogie's my friend, and I go swimming with him every day.
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It is a lovely spot, in between the lake where the boys go swimming and a lot of old royal tombs.
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For initial lessons students go to a swimming pool in York.
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I have joined a barbershop group, I go swimming and walking, I even collected this week for Barnado's.
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We're going to play tennis together. Go swimming , maybe.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be swimming in sth
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The only Italian food we'd ever heard about was a bowl of spaghetti swimming in tomato sauce.
tennis/golf/swimming etc professional
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Barry Wood reports Pam Shriver has always been one of the most colourful tennis professionals .
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For further details on the Wilson range for ladies, contact your local golf professional .
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From the inter-war years a small number of tennis professionals played tournaments in the United States.
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He was, as golf professionals had been for a hundred years, a serf.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I've been involved in swimming since I was six.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Are you likely to find the most copious quantities of conditioning in the swimming pool?
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Having looked around, he also realised just how far his reluctant running and swimming had taken him upstream.
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I lay there, my eyes and head swimming through the last forty years until sleep finally bailed me out.
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It is also ideal for swimming , and the gentle gradient of its shores makes it safe for children.
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Local Activities: walks, golf, swimming pool.
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The most luxurious have bars, swimming pools and air-conditioned cabins.
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Walking, running and swimming are the best exercises you can do if you are using yourself in the correct way.
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Went swimming - temp 73 degrees!