football
To play footballTo play football.
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» Tom broke his arm playing football.
Tom hat sich beim Footballspielen den Arm gebrochen. — wolfgangth
Tom hat sich beim Fußballspielen den Arm gebrochen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том сломал руку, играя в футбол. — marafon
Том зламав руку, граючи у футбол. — deniko
Том зламав руку, коли грав у футбол. — deniko
Том зламав руку, коли грав у американський футбол. — deniko
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1 senses(rare)To play football.
Examples
1030 sentencesTom broke his arm playing football.
Том зламав руку, граючи у футбол. — deniko
ruТом сломал руку, играя в футбол. — marafon
deTom hat sich beim Footballspielen den Arm gebrochen. — wolfgangth
Tom is on the football team.
Том у футбольній команді. — deniko
You're a very good football player.
Ти дуже добрий футболіст. — deniko
ruТы очень хороший футболист. — marafon
deDu bist ein sehr guter Fußballspieler. — manese
He is captain of the football team.
Він капітан футбольної команди. — brambury
ruОн капитан футбольной команды. — marafon
Tom is a really good football player.
Том дійсно добрий футболіст. — deniko
deTom ist ein wirklich guter Fußballspieler. — wolfgangth
Origin
From Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, because the ball was primaFrom Middle English fotbal, footbal, equivalent to foot + ball, because the ball was primarily manipulated with the feet in early versions of the game (though some modern varieties involve more handling than kicking). The name for the briefcase is a play on “dropkick”, the code name of an early version of the nuclear war plan.
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Forms
footballs, footballing, footballed, footballed| Base form | football · to football |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | footballs |
| Present participle | footballing |
| Past simple | footballed |
| Past participle | footballed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Hobbies and sport — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- play football
- playing football
- the football team
- football team
- to play football
- football player
- is playing football
- the football game
- love playing football
- good football player
- watching football
- football game
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.