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Meaning of sport in English

sport
noun
uk
/spɔːt/ us
/spɔːrt/

sport noun (GAME)

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A1 [ C ]
a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job:
Football, basketball, and hockey are all team sports.
I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.
A1 [ U ] UK
all types of physical activity that people do to keep healthy or for enjoyment:
She used to do/play a lot of sport when she was younger.
[ U ] old-fashioned
enjoyment in doing things
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sport noun (PERSON)

[ C ] old-fashioned informal
a pleasant, positive, generous person who does not complain about things they are asked to do or about games that they lose:
Oh, Douglas - be a (good) sport and give me a lift to the station.
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spoilsport informal disapproving
[ C ] Australian English
a friendly way of talking to a man or boy:
[ as form of address ] Hello sport - how are you?
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People having good qualities
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sport noun (BIOLOGY)

[ C ]   biology, agriculture   specialized
an animal or plant that is slightly different to others of the same species (= type), especially because of a mutation (= a change in the genes that produces permanent differences):
In fruit trees, sports are naturally occurring mutations that can give rise to a new variety.
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sport
verb [ T ]
uk
/spɔːt/ us
/spɔːrt/
to wear or be decorated with something:
Back in the 1960s he sported platform heels and hair down past his shoulders.
The front of the car sported a German flag.
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Wearing clothes
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(Definition of sport from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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sport
noun
us
/spɔrt, spoʊrt/

sport noun (GAME)

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[ C/U ]
a game, competition, or similar activity, done for enjoyment or as a job, that takes physical effort and skill and is played or done by following particular rules:
[ C ] Football, baseball, and basketball are all team sports.
[ U ] Do you hunt for sport or in order to eat?

sport noun (PERSON)

[ C ] infml
a person who has a good attitude about playing a game or having to do something:
He was a very bad sport when he lost a game.
Be a sport and take your little sister to the movies with you.
sport
verb [ T ]
us
/spɔrt, spoʊrt/

sport verb [T] (WEAR)

to wear or be decorated with something:
Back in the 1960s he sported bellbottoms and long hair.
(Definition of sport from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sport

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Physical sports would probably be widely accepted as an exception to restrictive rules on consent, but two points must be borne in mind.
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What it does have is the ability to market and organise sports events, and extract a high price from advertisers and sponsors.
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More passive sports, such as angling, can also have an environmental impact.
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She had to make a claim against the insurers, because her friend had not had full cover for his sports car.
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One large shopping, sports and entertainments centre can give better services to the 100 000 people than the two old smaller centres.
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The stair is lit as a sports arena for play.
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Further, illegal fishing and unregulated sports fishing have contributed to fish depletion.
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She says that her knee hurt when she was young, and doctors told her parents and schoolteachers never to let her play sports.
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We currently recommend abstention from competitive or strenuous sports for the majority of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Predisposition to aggressiveness will not necessarily express itself as violent behaviour, but as talent in sports or creativity.
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All participants indicated that winning and losing was only a part of the sporting experience.
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Even more damaging to their theory is the fact that sports spectator disorder is not always synonymous with economic problems.
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Even when it comes to features, the arts and sports, we seek to cover events whose interest value goes well beyond national borders.
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People who r un the clubs and sporting associations determine which rules are operative therein, and they can modify those rules deliberately through amendments thereto.
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They competed in sports, organized clubs and concerts, attended chapel, threw parties and sometimes went to class.
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Collocations with sport

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amateur sport
Recognition of the importance of amateur sport is therefore in line with the idea of bringing sport close to the citizens.
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chosen sport
Earlier in his speech, he referred to school as providing the first opportunity for pupils to learn the skills and tactics of their chosen sport.
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college sport
These functions include providing for school and college sport, but do not of course include the provision for general recreational facilities.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
比賽, 體育運動, 體育比賽…
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比赛, 体育运动, 体育比赛…
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deporte, deportes, diversión…
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खेळ, खेळ / तब्बेत राखायला किंवा अवडीसाठी शारीरिक श्रम करतात त्याला म्हणतात, स्पोर्ट…
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スポーツ, 運動競技, 運動…
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spor, spor hareketleri, giymek…
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sport [masculine], sport, brave garçon/fille…
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esport…
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sport, sportieve meid, kerel…
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ஒரு விளையாட்டு, போட்டி, அல்லது செயல்பாடு தேவைப்படும் உடல் முயற்சி மற்றும் திறன் என்பது விளையாடிய அல்லது விதிகளின்படி செய்யப்படுகிறது…
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खेल, खेल-कूद, किसी गतिविधि से होने वाला मनोरंजन…
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રમત, ખેલકૂદ, રમતગમત…
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sport, idræt, sportsgren…
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sport, idrott, idrottsgren…
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sukan, bersifat baik, bersuka-suka…
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der Sport, die Sportart, feiner Kerl…
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sport [masculine], idrettsgren [masculine], idrett…
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کھیل, کھیل کود, کام سے لطف لینا…
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спорт, полювання, рибна ловля…
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спорт, занятие спортом, щеголять…
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క్రీడా/ఆట, పనులు చేయడంలో ఆనందం…
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رِياضة…
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ক্রীড়া, একটি খেলা, প্রতিযোগিতা…
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sport, pašák, legrace…
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olahraga, orang baik, kesenangan…
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กีฬา, การพักผ่อนหย่อนใจ, ผู้ที่มีน้ำใจนักกีฬา…
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thể thao, môn thể thao, người có tinh thần độ lượng…
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sport, paradować w lub z, dyscyplina sportowa…
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