sport

CEFRA1

/spɔːt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    An activity involving physical effort, skill, or competition.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

Examples

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

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

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [spɔɹʔ]
  • /spo(ː)ɹt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

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

  3. A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

More examples

In context

  • There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.

  • Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well.

  • Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.