football

CEFRA1

/ˈfʊt.bɔːl/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A sport in which teams try to score with a ball.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.

Examples

  • The English team beat the Brazilian team in the international football tournament.

  • Though it was raining, we played football.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈfʊʔbɔːl]
  • [ˈfʊʔtbɔɫ]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The ball used in any game called "football".

  2. A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.

  3. American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

More examples

In context

  • The kids were outside playing football.

  • Hans Moleman Production presents: Man getting hit by football.

  • Roman and medieval football matches were more violent than any modern type of football.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, because the ball was primarily manipulated with the feet in early versions of the game (though some modern varieties involve more handling than kicking). The name for the briefcase is a play on “dropkick”, the code name of an early version of the nuclear war plan.