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sports
[ spawrts, spohrts ]
adjective
- of or relating to a sport none or sports, especially of the open-air or athletic kind:
a sports festival.
- (of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open-air sports or for outdoor or informal use.
sports
/ spɔːts /
noun
- modifier relating to, concerned with, or used in sports
sports equipment
- modifier relating to or similar to a sports car
sports seats
- Also calledsports day a meeting held at a school or college for competitions in various athletic events
Word History and Origins
Origin of sports1
Example Sentences
His long career in journalism began in newspapers, at the News Letter in the late 1970s and then as sports editor of the now-defunct Sunday News in the mid-1980s.
The next year, the pandemic came, disrupting sports and lives everywhere.
Planning documents show Mr Saverimutto said the gym would give specialist sports and health education to aspiring young athletes aged eight to 18, and include three classrooms and a sensory room.
Chastain ripped off her shirt, her sports bra on show, and dropped to her knees screaming as her team-mates ran towards her.
The only constant in college sports is change.
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