sport
To amuse oneself, to playTo amuse oneself, to play.
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» Ice hockey is an exciting sport.
Хокей — захоплюючий вид спорту. — deniko
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8 senses(intransitive)To amuse oneself, to play.
children sporting on the green
spielen, sich vergnügen, herumtollen
play boisterously
(intransitive)To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
herumspielen, Spott treiben
(transitive)To display; to have as a notable feature.
Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat
tragen, präsentieren, zur Schau stellen
демонстрироватьdemonstrirovatʹ
(reflexive)To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
(transitive)To represent by any kind of play.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
(archaic, transitive)To close (a door).
Examples
1333 sentencesIce hockey is an exciting sport.
Хокей — захоплюючий вид спорту. — deniko
I like music better than sports.
Я люблю музику більше, ніж спорт. — deniko
deIch mag Musik lieber als Sport. — Ullalia
I bought a red sports car.
Я купив червону спортивну машину. — deniko
ruЯ купил красную спортивную машину. — Selena777
deIch habe einen roten Sportwagen gekauft. — MUIRIEL
What's your favorite sport to play?
Яким спортом тобі найбільше подобається займатись? — zinova
What's your favorite sport to watch?
Який спорт тобі найбільше подобається дивитись? — zinova
ruКакой вид спорта вы любите смотреть больше всего? — Wayawa
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (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.
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Forms
sports, sporting, sported, sportedSynonyms
15 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons 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- interested in sports
- sports car
- a sports car
- good at sports
- sports on tv
- watching sports on
- most popular sport
- talking about sports
- new sports car
- my favorite sport
- popular sport in
- watching sports
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.