tennis
To play tennisTo play tennis.
» I like playing tennis and golf.
Ich spiele gerne Tennis und Golf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ich spiele gern Tennis und Golf. — cost
Я люблю играть в теннис и гольф. — odexed
Я люблю грати у теніс і гольф. — deniko
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2 senses(dated, intransitive)To play tennis.
(transitive)To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.
Examples
1594 sentencesI like playing tennis and golf.
Я люблю грати у теніс і гольф. — deniko
ruЯ люблю играть в теннис и гольф. — odexed
deIch spiele gerne Tennis und Golf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
How about playing tennis next Saturday?
Як щодо того, щоб пограти у теніс наступної суботи? — deniko
Will you play tennis with us?
Ти пограєш у теніс із нами? — deniko
ruПоиграешь с нами в теннис? — marafon
I was playing tennis all day.
Я весь день грав у теніс. — deniko
ruЯ весь день играла в теннис. — Wezel
I am going to play tennis.
Я збираюсь пограти в теніс. — Andrey
ruЯ собираюсь играть в теннис. — Balamax
deIch bin dabei Tennis zu spielen. — Esperantostern
Origin
From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural impFrom Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).
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Forms
tennises, tennising, tennised, tennisedWord 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- 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