soccer

CEFRA1

/ˈsɒk.ə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A game in which players kick a ball into a goal.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Examples

  • I played soccer when I was younger.

  • Our soccer team beat all the other teams in the town.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Association football.

More examples

In context

  • You will be able to play soccer.

  • Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen.

  • The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.