How do you use the word "sport" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "sport" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "sport": The doctor advised me to take up some sport to stay in shape. Rugby is a sport which is never called off by rain.

Sport Meaning

/spɔːt/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAny activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.

nounA person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

Sentence Examples

The doctor advised me to take up some sport to stay in shape.

Rugby is a sport which is never called off by rain.

There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

boast feature athletics

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The competitive ____ of soccer requires players to run and kick a ball.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Basketball is a very popular ____ that is played by millions of people all around the world.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Anglo-Norman des- Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Anglo-Norman porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Think it but a minute spent in sport." — 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

"Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight." — c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Thirde Booke] Chapter 21”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 283, recto:

"Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt" — c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 2:

"flitting leaves, the sport of every wind" — 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

"Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions." — a. 1676, John Clarke, On Governing the Temper:

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