basketball
(bɑːskɪtbɔːl , bæs- )
Word forms: basketballs
1. uncountable noun A1
Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
2. countable noun A1
A basketball is a large ball which is used in the game of basketball.
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Collocations:
basketball championship basketball coach basketball fan basketball game basketball hoop basketball league basketball net basketball squad basketball team basketball tournament college basketball play basketball wheelchair basketball
This was the first basketball championship win in school history.
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During her last season in high school, in 2000, her team won the national high school basketball championship.
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These season started also the mens official basketball championship and the official water polo championship.
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The school's basketball team won its first ever area basketball championship in 2002 and repeated in 2004.
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He set the school scoring records with 1,141 points and led the team to the state basketball championship in 1954.
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He was a teacher rather than a basketball coach, and a teacher who clearly inspired a generation.
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He graduated in 1967 with a degree in physical education and worked in a clothing factory, then as a school basketball coach before running motels.
Times,Sunday Times
When a group of adults, friends since childhood, gather to mourn the loss of their basketball coach, they realise growing older doesn't mean they have to behave like grown-ups.
The Sun
Knight was only the basketball coach.
Houston Chronicle
This stands as the longest show-cause penalty ever given to a head basketball coach.
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Pique, a basketball fan, followed a ritual from that sport, where teams cut out one of the nets after winning a championship with the idea of taking history with them.
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He was described as shy, a good student who got along well with his classmates and was a basketball fan.
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For the performance of a small group of basketball fans.
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The film chronicles a group of athletes who influenced a nation of basketball fans some of whom became professional basketball players.
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He has worked to acquaint mainstream basketball fans with statistical analysis.
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It was like a basketball game at one stage with people coming on and off.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Watched my son play a high school basketball game at night.
Understanding Cancer (1987)
They jetted to Ohio to see a college basketball game.
The Sun (2012)
The day's exchanges between the leaders were peppered with references to their trip to a college basketball game the night before.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
On the prisoners" side were three pool tables, a long steel food counter and a basketball hoop high on the back wall.
DESPERADOES (2002)
The basketball hoop in the church parking lot turned out to be an effective means of getting next to them.
Christianity Today (2000)
This interstellar option was dunked, mercifully, through the basketball hoop over the wastepaper bin.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It was reported last year that they were looking at a basketball league.
Times, Sunday Times
A rogue referee has accused the world's top basketball league of rigging key games to boost ticket sales and television ratings.
Times, Sunday Times
You have to predict correctly the winners of all 63 games in a college basketball league.
Times, Sunday Times
Both flag football and basketball league winners advance to national tournaments.
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Basketball and rugby union are also popular sports; there has been a national basketball league since 1974.
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There's a basketball net on the wall, a pink tent in the corner and a blue ping-pong table.
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At one point he walked back and forwards with the ball glued to his foot, did the same heading it and then cheekily nodded the ball into a basketball net.
Times, Sunday Times
An archway with a basketball net was placed in a courtyard behind the school.
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Then his oldest son made the high school varsity basketball squad.
Christianity Today
She retired from the national wheelchair basketball squad in 2011 to concentrate on sailing.
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The college established its first basketball squad in 1903.
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One would have captained the basketball team, the other thrown barbs from the sidelines.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We had a basketball team at my first church that was notorious throughout the city.
Christianity Today (2000)
When we zoom out from the specific verse to the surrounding story, it is clear the basketball team is simply bragging in the locker room.
Christianity Today (2000)
We'd been together the night before at a basketball tournament.
Times, Sunday Times
My most blatant experience of aiding the opposition occurred in a sixth grade basketball tournament.
Christianity Today
They're also playing a basketball tournament.
Houston Chronicle
Several events were held, the most prominent was the basketball tournament.
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The cost of running an average four-day basketball tournament was about $16,000, and the arena lost about $3,000 per tournament.
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You have to predict correctly the winners of all 63 games in a college basketball league.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They jetted to Ohio to see a college basketball game.
The Sun (2012)
The day's exchanges between the leaders were peppered with references to their trip to a college basketball game the night before.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
While some play mahjong during recess, more play basketball.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Nobody told you to play basketball, jockette , replied Cooper jokingly.
CIRCLE OF THREE: BOOK 8: THE FIVE PATHS (2001)
Yet playing basketball actually helped him become a goalkeeper.
The Sun (2014)
Only basketball is played with any seriousness outside the continent.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He shone at sport and played basketball nationally.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He was introduced to wheelchair basketball, which again provided an unexpected pleasure.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was also a good swimmer and very good at wheelchair basketball.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But wheelchair basketball can be exciting to watch.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The wheelchair basketball and closing ceremony should be worth a look on Friday.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In team sports such as wheelchair rugby and wheelchair basketball, your classification gives you points.
The Sun (2011)
Translations:
Chinese: 篮球
Japanese: バスケットボール