Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.

    Bogenschießen

    стрельба́ из лу́каstrelʹbá iz lúka

    стрільба́ з лу́каstrilʹbá z lúka

    the sport of shooting arrows with a bow

  2. (countable)A group of archers.

Examples

26 sentences
  1. Tom is very good at archery.

    ruТом отлично стреляет из лука.

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  2. Tom said that he was very interested in archery.

    deTom sagte, dass er sich sehr für das Bogenschießen interessiere.

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  3. Tom said that he was really interested in archery.

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  4. Both Tom and Mary said that they were very interested in archery.

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  5. Tom and Mary both said that they were very interested in archery.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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the practice:
Deutsch
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the practice:

Origin

From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalen

From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery.

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