sport

sport
[[t]spɔ͟ː(r)t[/t]]
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sports, sporting, sported
1) N-VAR Sports are games such as football and basketball and other competitive leisure activities which need physical effort and skill.

I'd say football is my favourite sport...

She excels at sport...

Mark was mainly interested in sport at school, playing rugby as well as soccer...

Billy turned on a radio to get the sports news.

2) N-COUNT (approval) If you say that someone is a sport or a good sport, you mean that they cope with a difficult situation or teasing in a cheerful way. [OLD-FASHIONED]

He was accused of having no sense of humor, of not being a good sport.

3) VERB If you say that someone sports something such as a distinctive item of clothing, you mean that they wear it without any shyness. [WRITTEN]

[V n] He sported a collarless jacket with pleated black panels...

[V n] He was heavily-built and sported a red moustache...

[V n] People sported swastikas and walls were covered with inflammatory slogans.

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  • Sport- — Sport …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • SPORT — DANS un monde soumis quotidiennement aux bouleversements politiques, aux fluctuations économiques et qui, de surcroît, ne peut ignorer les sources permanentes de conflits qui séparent les consciences, rares sont les langages universels perçus par …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sport+ — Création 1995 Propriétaire Canal+ SA Slogan « La chaîne de ceux qui veulent plus de sport » Langue Français Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • sport — SPORT, sporturi, s.n. Complex de exerciţii fizice şi de jocuri practicate în mod metodic, cu scopul de a dezvolta, de a întări şi de a educa voinţa, curajul, iniţiativa şi disciplina; fiecare dintre formele particulare, reglementate ale acestei… …   Dicționar Român

  • sport — spòrt s.m.inv., agg.inv. FO 1a. s.m.inv., attività fisica volta a mantenere in efficienza il corpo: fare, praticare dello sport 1b. s.m.inv., ciascuna delle discipline sportive (e l insieme degli esercizi atletici e delle gare che le… …   Dizionario italiano

  • sport — sport; sport·abil·i·ty; sport·er; sport·ful; sport·i·ly; sport·i·ness; sport·ing·ly; sport·less; sport·cast; sport·cast·er; sport·ful·ly; sport·ful·ness; …   English syllables

  • Sport TV — Senderlogo Allgemeine Informationen Empfang: Kabel und Satellit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sport — (sp[=o]rt), n. [Abbreviated from disport.] 1. That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement. [1913 Webster] It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. Prov. x. 23. [1913 Webster] Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sport — [spôrt] n. [ME sporte, aphetic for DISPORT] 1. any activity or experience that gives enjoyment or recreation; pastime; diversion 2. such an activity, esp. when competitive, requiring more or less vigorous bodily exertion and carried on, sometimes …   English World dictionary

  • sport — /spɔrt, ingl. spɔːt/ [vc. ingl., in origine «divertimento», dall ant. fr. desport] s. m. inv. 1. CFR. diporto, giochi, esercizi fisici, gara, competizione, incontro, spettacolo 2. (est.) divertimento, passatempo, svago, spasso, ricreazione,… …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Sport — Sm std. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. sport. Dort gekürzt aus disport Vergnügen , das entlehnt ist aus mfrz. desporter. Dieses wiederum ist umgebildet aus ml. deportare sich betragen, sich vergnügen , das zu l. portāre tragen gebildet… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

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