sport

sport
sport1 W2S2 [spo:t US spo:rt] n
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1¦(games)¦
2¦(hunting)¦
3¦(helpful person)¦
4 a good sport
5 a bad/poor sport
6¦(man/boy)¦
7¦(fun)¦
8 make sport of somebody
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[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: disport]
1.) ¦(GAMES)¦
a)
a physical activity in which people compete against each other
▪ My favourite sports are tennis and swimming.
▪ a sports team
▪ a sports club
▪ I've been playing sports all my life.
▪ All students are encouraged to take part in a sport.
▪ a sports field
▪ He picked up the newspaper and turned to the sports pages.
▪ They have excellent sports facilities.
▪ A lot of schools don't really encourage team sports .
▪ Football is one of the most popular spectator sports (=sports watched by a lot of people) .
b) [U] BrE
sports in general
▪ Why is there so much sport on TV?
▪ I always hated sport at school.
2.) ¦(HUNTING)¦
an activity that people do in the countryside, especially hunting or fishing
▪ the sport of falconry
▪ a demonstration by people opposed to blood sports (=sports that involve killing animals)
3.) ¦(HELPFUL PERSON)¦ [C usually singular]
also good sport
old-fashioned a helpful cheerful person who lets you enjoy yourself
be a sport
(=used when asking someone to help you)
▪ Be a sport and lend me your bike.
4.) a good sport
someone who does not get angry when they lose at a game or sport
5.) a bad/poor sport
someone who gets angry very easily when they lose at a game or sport
6.) ¦(MAN/BOY)¦
spoken
a) AusE used when speaking to someone, especially a man, in a friendly way
▪ See you later, sport.
b) AmE old-fashioned used when speaking to a boy in a friendly way
7.) ¦(FUN)¦[U]
old-fashioned fun or amusement
▪ Did she torment him merely for sport?
8.) make sport of sb
old-fashioned to joke about someone in a way that makes them seem stupid
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HINT sense 1
The uncountable use of sport is British English only: There's too much sport on TV. In American English, the plural sports is used: He likes watching sports on TV.
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sport 2
sport2 v
1.) be sporting sth
to be wearing something or have something on your body and show it to people in a proud way
▪ Eric was sporting a new camel-hair coat.
2.) [i]literary
to play together happily
▪ the sight of dolphins sporting amidst the waves

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