sports definition

English sports definition

Etymology

sport +‎ -s

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /spɔɹts/

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɔːts/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /spo(ː)ɹts/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /spoəts/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

Noun

sports

1. plural of sport

Noun

sports pl (plural only)

1. Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”)

Derived terms

Verb

sports

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sport

Verb

sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)

1. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
   • 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:

     But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.

   • 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:

     And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.

Anagrams

• Prosts, strops

French sports definition

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Noun

sports m

1. plural of sport

Latvian sports definition

Etymology

Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation

Noun

sports m (1st declension)

1. sport, sports

   nodarboties ar sportu ― to occupy oneself with, to practice sports

   sporta veidi ― (types of) sports

   sporta būve / sporta bāze ― gymnasium, sports facility

   sporta skola ― sports school

   sporta medicīna ― sports medicine

   sporta meistars ― sports master

   cīņas sports ― martial arts (lit. fighting sports)

   slēpošana ir patīkams sports ― skiing is an enjoyable sport

2. activity about which one is passionate

   sēņošana viņam ir sports ― mushroom picking is a sport to him

Declension

Derived terms

• orientēšanās sports
• sportisks, sportiskums
• sportists, sportiste

Swedish sports definition

Verb

sports

1. passive supine of spörja

Noun

sports

1. indefinite genitive singular of sport

Anagrams

• prosts