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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : spawrts, spohrts
Phonetic Transcription : spɔrts, spoʊrts



Definition of sports

Origin :
  • atheltic games and contests, by 1660s, from sport (n.). Meaning "sports section of a newspaper" is 1913. Sports fan attested from 1921. Sportswear is from 1912. Sports car attested by 1914; so called for its speed and power:
  • I have just returned from the south of France, passing through Lyons, where I visited the [Berliet] works with my car, and was shown the new model 25 h.p. "sports" car, and was so impressed with this that I immediately ordered one on my return to London. [letter in "The Autocar," Jan. 7, 1914]
  • noun recreational activity; entertainment
  • noun fun, joking
  • noun person who takes kidding
  • verb display, wear
Example sentences :
  • Had you rather witness the sports of the gymnasia than the works of artists?
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He joined in their sports, and was too much interested to take note of time.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • It had been the most exciting, the most savage of all sports—a man hunt!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Edwin and Imogen had been united in the sports of earliest infancy.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • Why, yes, there are plenty of ‘sports’—of a kind—in this place.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • But the congregations were slow to listen, and the sports went on.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • It was the day of the Wythburn sports, and this year it was being celebrated at Shoulthwaite.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • The sports are over, but not yet is the day's pleasure done.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Though she did not care to go to the sports to-day, she felt, oh!
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
  • This led him close to the booth where the sports were proceeding.
  • Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

Synonyms for sports

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