Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.

    Tennis

    те́ннисtɛ́nnis

    те́нісténis

    a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

  2. (dated, uncountable, usually)A match in this sport.

  3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)An earlier game in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racquet or with the open hand.

Examples

1594 sentences
  1. I like playing tennis and golf.

    Я люблю грати у теніс і гольф.

    ruЯ люблю играть в теннис и гольф.

    deIch spiele gerne Tennis und Golf.

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  2. How about playing tennis next Saturday?

    Як щодо того, щоб пограти у теніс наступної суботи?

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  3. Will you play tennis with us?

    Ти пограєш у теніс із нами?

    ruПоиграешь с нами в теннис?

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  4. I was playing tennis all day.

    Я весь день грав у теніс.

    ruЯ весь день играла в теннис.

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  5. I am going to play tennis.

    Я збираюсь пограти в теніс.

    ruЯ собираюсь играть в теннис.

    deIch bin dabei Tennis zu spielen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sport played by two or four players with strung racquets:
Русский
By meaning 1
sport played by two or four players with strung racquets:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sport played by two or four players with strung racquets:

Origin

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imp

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).

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Forms

plural: tennises
Singulartennis

uncountable

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court:lawn tennis

Word family

39 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • play tennis
  • to play tennis
  • play tennis with
  • playing tennis
  • tennis player
  • be playing tennis
  • playing tennis with
  • good at tennis
  • enjoy playing tennis
  • good tennis player
  • play tennis together
  • tennis racket

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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