badminton

CEFRA2

/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A game in which players hit a shuttlecock over a net.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.

Examples

  • Hi, Fred, how about badminton on Thursday?

  • I used to play badminton, but I don't anymore.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈbæd.mɪt.ən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST8082).

  2. A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.

More examples

In context

  • Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players, including the Chinese top seeds, have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.

Synonyms

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We played a friendly game of blank in the backyard using rackets and a shuttlecock.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Named after Badminton House, an estate in Gloucestershire owned by the Duke of Beaufort, where the game was first played in England. For the house name, see Badminton.