A contest or competitive trial of skill in a particular sport, game, or other activity, in which two or more players, teams, or (less commonly)…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] (197) match1531 A contest or competitive trial of skill in a particular sport, game, or other activity, in which two or more players, teams, or (less commonly)… bonspiel1560 A match or contest in a particular sport, game, or other activity. Obsolete except in the specific uses at sense 2. prize1565 A sporting contest, esp. a wrestling or fencing match. In later use: spec. a prizefight. Also figurative. main1589 regional in later use. A match, or series of matches (at archery, boxing, or bowls). Cf. Welsh main n. at Welsh, adj. n.compounds 1d. Obsolete. traverse1599 A contest. Obsolete. seta1626 figurative. Match, contest. Obsolete. tournament1762 transferred. A contest in any game of skill in which a number of competitors play a series of selective games, e.g. a chess or lawn tennis tournament. fixture1825 Athletics and Sport, rarely Commercial. An appointment or date for a meet, race, etc.; hence, the meet, race, etc. itself. Also attributive fixture… tourney1890 = tournament, n. 3. roundup1912 Originally and chiefly U.S. regional (western). = rodeo, n. 3a. rodeo1927 Originally and chiefly North American. An exhibition or competition demonstrating any skill; (more generally) any competition or show. not one's first… go-around1933 A round or bout of a competition; (also) a (sporting) contest. start1949 Sport (originally U.S.). A race, game, or contest in which a particular competitor, horse, etc., starts or (more generally) takes part. Subcategories:— types of (70) — series of, as public spectacle (50) — set or series, considered as an achievement (5) — item on sports programme (2) — game or definite spell of play (55) — position of player in competition (2) |
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