sport1 nounsport2 verb
sportsport1 /spɔːt $ spɔːrt/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINsport1
Origin:
1300-1400 disportEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Sport has always been very important in this part of the country.
- His favourite sports are swimming and tennis.
- I think everyone should do at least one sport, in order to keep fit.
- Minnie's been a real sport about all the houseguests.
- Motorcycle racing can be a dangerous sport.
- She's interested in cinema, music and sport.
- Soccer is Mark's favorite sport.
- Today's kids need to spend less time watching television, and more time playing sports.
- We don't do much sport at my school.
- Which sports do you play at school?
- But first with the weekend's sport here's Tim Russon.
- Many sports are a form of disciplined warfare.
- The Sporting News recently had the nerve to name Woods the most powerful man in all of sports.
- The special place that they had enjoyed in traditional sports was much reduced.
- They include My Yahoo!, a Web site providing personalized news, weather and sports.
- Will the state promote sport as a safe, numbing kind of nationalistic cocoon for healthy, obedient citizens?
THESAURUSplaces where people do sport
(also pitch British English) a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are played: · A few kids were playing on the football field.· a hockey field
a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions: · The atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium was amazing.· a football stadium
British English a sports field and the seats and buildings around it, belonging to a particular football, rugby, or cricket team: · I met my friends inside the ground.
American English a stadium where baseball is played: · Busch Stadium is one of the newest ballparks in Major League.
an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, badminton, basketball, or volleyball: · The hotel has four tennis courts and a volleyball court.
the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases. The diamond can also be the whole field: · The pitcher stands in the middle of the diamond.· There’s a playground, a picnic area, and a baseball diamond.
a circular path with lines on it, for running on: · In the relay, each runner runs once around the track.
a room with machines which you can use to do exercises: · He spends an hour in the gym every day.
a place where you can swim: · He jumped into the deep end of the pool.· I’ll meet you outside the swimming pool.
British English, sports center American English a building where you can play many types of indoor sports: · Why not do exercise classes at your local sports centre?
a small sports centre, where you pay to be a member: · How much does it cost to join a health club?
Longman Language Activatorphysical activities in which people compete against each other British /sports American physical activities that need effort and skill and that are usually competitive: · She's interested in cinema, music and sport.· Sport has always been very important in this part of the country.do sport British: · We don't do much sport at my school.play sports especially American: · Today's kids need to spend less time watching television, and more time playing sports.
British a period of time in school when you do organized sports activities such as football, tennis etc, usually outdoors: · The boys have games on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.· Hurry up or you'll be late for your games lesson.
also P.E., also Phys. Ed. American a period of time in school when you do organized physical activities: · Sometimes in Phys. Ed. we're allowed to go on the trampolines.· How many times a week do you have P.E.?
a particular sport or game a physical activity in which people or teams play, race etc against each other and try to win: · His favourite sports are swimming and tennis.· Motorcycle racing can be a dangerous sport.play a sport: · Which sports do you play at school?do a sport: · I think everyone should do at least one sport, in order to keep fit.
a sport that you play against another player or team, according to a set of rules: · Rugby is a very exciting, fast-moving game.do/play games: · The girls at King Edward's play all sorts of games - basketball, hockey, tennis, to name just a few.
used for sport or related to sport · Is there a shop that sells sports equipment near here?· Here is a list of the sports clubs in your area.· Heavy rain has flooded the sports field: all fixtures have been cancelled for a month.
: sporting activities/events/facilities etc · The Italian Grand Prix is one of the great sporting events of the year.· The hotel has four restaurants, a bar and a disco, as well as an impressive range of sporting facilities.· Sponsorship is important for sporting activities such as golf, football, cricket and motor-racing.
an occasion when people compete against each other in a sport an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game.· I got two tickets for the Bulls' game.· Who won last night's game?game of tennis/squash etc: · How about a game of tennis this evening?basketball/football etc game: · Do you want to come and watch the volleyball game this Saturday?
especially British an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport: · Are you going to the match tomorrow?· If we win the next three matches, we could still go through to the semi-final.a football/cricket/boxing etc match: · A cricket match was in progress on the school sports field.
a competition in which several people try to run, drive, ride, swim etc faster than each other: · What time does the first race start?· Hill won the race, and Schumacher finished second.boat/car/horse etc race: · Her husband spent all their money gambling on horse races.· the annual university boat race between Oxford and Cambridge
someone who does a sport someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: · One of the players had been injured, and had to leave the field.baseball/basketball etc player: · Kelleher was a star basketball player in high school and college.
someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: · Every top sportsman needs the motivation of a fresh challenge.· Today's professional sportsmen can expect to earn enormous sums of money.· Mrs Hashimoto described herself as a keen sportswoman, fond of golf, tennis and swimming.
someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars: · The way he got to that ball shows what a superb athlete he is.· Over 150 athletes will compete in the Indoor Championships at Gateshead International Stadium.· It was discovered that three of our Olympic athletes had taken drugs.
a group of people who play against another group a group of people who play together against another group in a sport: · The women's team were beaten 6-2.football/baseball/cricket etc team: · I think the Yankees are one of the coolest baseball teams around.support a team (=like it best and want it to win): · Which football team do you support?be in a teamBritish /be on a team American: · If you want to be on the team, you have to turn up for regular training.
British one of two teams who are playing against each other: · Supporters of both sides braved the cold wet weather to watch the match.· Our side only needed one more goal to win.
the main player in a team, who tells the other players what to do: · The captain must have given his team quite a talking-to at half time.captain of: · Who's the captain of England?team captain: · Shelley's the girls' team captain this year.
a place where you do a sport a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: · The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.baseball/football/sports etc field: · The football field was too muddy to play on, so the game was cancelled· Some open spaces north of the city will be made into sports fields for leisure activities.playing field: · Several school playing fields have been sold off to raise money.
British a sports field: · Some of the fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the matchcricket/football etc pitch: · The village has attractive playing fields, with a football and cricket pitch.
an area with lines painted on the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis or basketball: · The courts are floodlit at night so that you can play all the year round.tennis/basketball/squash etc court: · The new leisure complex has a sauna, jacuzzi, swimming pool and tennis courts.
British a building where you can do various different sports: · The council is planning to build a multi-million pound leisure centre outside the town.
a building where there are machines that you can use to do exercises that make you fitter and stronger, or where you can do exercise classes etc. A gym is also a large room that is built especially for sports to be played in, for example in a school or university: · I've just signed up for an exercise class at the gym.· Ed goes to the gym to do weight training several times a week.· It was raining, so we had to play football in the gym this afternoon.
a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building: · The house, with its own tennis court and swimming-pool, is for sale at £700.000.· There's an open air pool at Woodstock that's great when it's really hot.· What we want is a hotel with a big heated pool, in case it rains.
a large sports field with seats all around it, where people go to watch sports: · The stadium has a capacity of at least 10,000.football/baseball/sports stadium: · Denver has a new airport, a new baseball stadium, and a reputation as a good place to live.
the person who makes sure that players obey the rules the person who makes sure that the players obey the rules and decides if points have been won according to the rules. Use referee about football, basketball, hockey, and boxing. Use umpire about baseball, cricket, and tennis: · To United's disbelief, the referee failed to award the goal.· He made no attempt to hide his disgust at the umpire's decision, which cost him the match.
the people who decide which person is the best in a competition such as skating, horse-riding etc, where people do not compete in teams: · The judges awarded first prize to 14-year-old Amanda Colton, on her horse, Donna.
the points you get when you play a sport a unit used to show what you have achieved in a sport or game: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill led the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.get/score a point: · We lost the game when the Giants scored 14 points in the last quarter.· In darts, you get 50 points for hitting the bullseye.
the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · England's only goal came midway through the second half.score a goal: · Venturini has scored the first goal in each of the two US victories in the Olympics.get a goal: · Spurs got two goals in the last five minutes of the game.an own goal (=when a player sends the ball into the wrong net, and so scores a point for the other team): · We won, but only because of an 88th minute own goal from the other side.
the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · After two hours and twenty minutes of play, the final score was 3-2.
when two teams or players have the same score /draw especially British when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The second game was very exciting, but it ended in a tie.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems to be the better team.· "What was the final score?" "One all."
someone who watches a sport someone who goes to a game and watches people playing a sport: · I'm not playing myself, I'm just a spectator.· Over 30,000 spectators turned out for the women's basketball match against Zaire.
someone who likes a particular sport, or a particular team, and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play: · Thousands of fans queued to buy tickets.football/cricket/hockey etc fan: · Over 200 British football fans were sent home after the violence in Rimini.United/England/Yankee etc fans: · Leeds fans howled in anguish as Arsenal scored another goal.
British someone who likes a particular sport or team and often goes to watch a game or watch a team play - use this especially about football: · Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium.· The town was full of football supporters, waiting for the big day.Milan/Liverpool etc supporter: · Milan supporters cheered as they scored their first goal in two games.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
My nephew is a complete video game addict. a sports arena The Derby is a major event in the racing calendar. a sports commentator The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. A food maven could also be called a gourmet. our Friday sports round-up ‘Let’s not talk politics now,’ said Hugh impatiently.
· My ambition was to play sport at the highest level.
· Students are encouraged to take part in a sport of some kind.
British English, do sports American English· I did a lot of sport at school.
(=start doing it)· I took up the sport six years ago.
(=do that sport in competitions)· She competed in various sports when she was young.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sport· I liked playing team sports such as football and rugby.
· You have to be mentally tough to compete in individual sports.
(=one that people enjoy watching)· Football is the most popular spectator sport.
(=in which people compete and try to win)· Competitive sport teaches valuable lessons which last for life.
(=one in which players have physical contact with each other)· People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.
(=skiing, ice skating etc)· More and more people are taking up winter sports.
(=one that is dangerous)· Many teenagers are attracted to extreme sports such as snowboarding.
(=which people are paid to do)· The kind of money involved in professional sport makes cheating inevitable.
(=one that very few people do)· Minority sports rarely feature on TV.
sports + NOUN· A lot of schools have their own sports teams.
· She joined her local sports club.
· The village has its own sports field.
· Is this country able to stage a major sports event?
(=someone who enjoys watching sport)· He was a big sports fan.
(=someone who is famous for playing sport)· The event will be opened by a well-known sports personality.
· All our holiday camps have wonderful sports facilities.
· a new online store selling all kinds of sports equipment
· The clinic specializes in treating sports injuries.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make (a) sport’. Say do (a) sport or play (a) sport.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES My nephew is a complete video game addict. a sports arena· I noticed that the man was wearing trainers and carrying a sports bag.
The Derby is a major event in the racing calendar. (=a low fast car)· He was driving a red sports car.
· Her acting career lasted for more than 50 years.
· You could join exercise classes at your local sports centre.
(=a fairly good chance)· The proposals had at least a sporting chance of being accepted.
· What’s on the movie channel tonight?
· Lou was wearing sports clothes and sunglasses.
· Why don’t you join one of the school sports clubs?
a sports commentator· There is an increasing demand to watch sporting competitions.
· The sports complex also has six tennis courts.
· Here is our sports correspondent with all the details.
· The exhibition has been funded by the Arts Council.
· He claims the election coverage has been biased against him.
(=designed to test or improve your endurance)
· Can you help me load the camping equipment into the boot, please?
· Many of the weekend’s major sporting events were cancelled due to bad weather.
· Have you checked out the local sports facilities?
The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. (=someone who people admire in a sport)· Tiger Woods was his sporting hero.
(=one you get while doing sport)· She has vast knowledge of treating sports injuries.
A food maven could also be called a gourmet. (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)· He only ever reads the sports pages.
· He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
our Friday sports round-up (=particular part of a newspaper)
· Sam was a football star in college.
‘Let’s not talk politics now,’ said Hugh impatiently. (=one that is played by teams)· In those days, girls didn’t play team sports.
(=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)· This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· It's a good all-round sports car, and incredible value for money.· It also has one of the best sports information centers on the Web.· Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays.· All in all, Fred was a good sport and said he enjoyed the meal.· He found his best sport was - he tried to watch sports and tell people about them.· As people have more leisure, they also need better facilities for sport.· They offer some of the best sport shooting anywhere.
· These are sports sponsorship, major sports events, professional team sports, and sports broadcasting.· Baseball is still the one major sport not sold on weight-lifting.· Table 8.3 lists the major companies supplying sports clothing and footwear.· There are only two major professional sports in which he would be considered undereducated: football and basketball.· The other major items of sport-related consumers' expenditure are part of the non-sport commercial sector.· The economic impact of major sports events is explored further in Chapter 10.· Chapter 10 investigates the economies of major sports events.· However, the growth of ambush marketing poses a clear danger to those involved in staging major sports events.
· Compared to other sports in the Soviet Union, rugby is a very poor game.· And what other sport enables you to do the miraculous, to walk on water?· In what other sports is a participant allowed a second chance because of failure?· If football's not your game ... you can bank on a feast of other sports this holiday weekend.· He was, however, very much an all-rounder, and football and curling were among the other sports he covered.· Other than tennis courts and other sports facilities beyond the Lower Ocker Hill Branch the area is inauspicious.· The ratcheted, rotating bezel sets the time limits for underwater and other action sports.· Usually, as in other sports, a former rider.
· Basketball is a popular sport at our school.· Superficially, this is a sign of the continued buoyant growth and adaptability of football as the world's most popular sport.· Boxing is a popular sport in the Army.· I chose seven contrasting but popular sports, some I had played many times before, others representing new challenges.· Few of the athletes, especially those in the most popular sports, lead ordinary lives away from the track or pool.· Angling is the most popular sport in Britain because it is an excuse to do absolutely nothing for days on end.
· Chess can never aspire to being a truly professional sport unless they are abolished.· The groups can function like political campaigns or professional sports teams, carrying their own psychic rewards.· These are sports sponsorship, major sports events, professional team sports, and sports broadcasting.· Governments are operating professional sports teams and running venture capital funds.· A pretty amateurish way to run a professional sport.· He is the author of a dozen studies on the impact of stadiums and professional sports on metropolitan-area development.· The company is also a major world-wide sponsor of professional team sports.· Extreme gaps in compensation, while inevitable in professional sports today, can be fatal in business.
· These are sports sponsorship, major sports events, professional team sports, and sports broadcasting.· In what amounts to the biggest trade in the history of team sports, not a single player changes cities.· Significantly, however, this success story has little to do with the promotion of traditional team sports.· The company is also a major world-wide sponsor of professional team sports.
NOUN· Heroes of sports arenas in their own country now found themselves working in small halls to audiences of 100-150 people.· The bonds will be used to build a downtown sports arena.· The big brick building, constructed in 1926, is the oldest campus sports arena still in use in the country.· He sells his Turnstile Adsleeves to sports arenas, which rent the space to advertisers.· Such a move could enhance the UMass image in academia much as its basketball team has done in the sports arena.
· The centre actively campaigns to abolish blood sports and cares for sick foxes.· Critics call cockfighting a blood sport.· There is an aesthetic, if we can dignify it with that word, which distinguishes blood sports from each other.· And in the end, it is all of us who allow this blood sport to flourish.· An extreme example of Western attitude towards animals is the so-called blood sports, most of which have now died out.· The ban on hunting has been welcomed by anti blood sports campaigners.· This is the question of field or blood sports.· Has the blood sports lobby lost the argument?
· Though high-pollution drivers often have old cars, the speed-obsessed owners of sports cars are equally guilty of environmental thoughtlessness.· Many aging enthusiasts began to abandon sports cars for sport utilities.· Currently its sole model is the Kallista, a sort of replica of a 1930s open-top sports car.· Her small sports car trembled and swayed as the monster roared by.· They were both notorious for racing up and down the Strip on their motorbikes or in flash sports cars.· At one time for example she was reported to have been racing around Melbourne in a brand new pink sports car.· It was magnificently low-slung, almost like a sports car, but with four plush leather seats and a thrusting bonnet.· This was the world's first sports car that didn't leave a puddle on your garage floor.
· At the time I had a job as youth worker at a sports centre in Acton.· Expert advice from a local gym or sports centre can be very helpful when you are starting with weights.· Nigel also took up aerobics at his local sports centre.· Joanna Grenside's car was found less than 100 yards from the sports centre where she was due to take a class.· A large sports centre has been made at Aviemore, mainly for winter skiing but also for the use of summer tourists.· Foam attack: Thieves broke into vending machines at Teesdale's new sports centre at Barnard Castle to steal £100 cash.· If you feel energetic, you could join exercise classes at your local sports centre, village hall or other venue.· The side was beaten 2-1 by the Ship Inn, of Swanage, in the final at the Purbeck sports centre.
· The majority of sports club income comes from two sources: membership subscriptions and fees, and bar profits.· Sports tours by recreational sports clubs.· In Britain, many voluntary sector sports clubs are receiving substantial grants from the Sports Lottery Fund to do the same thing.· These excellent facilities are used by the University sports clubs for practice and for matches in the local leagues.· The appeal follows the announcement of loans and grants totalling nearly £21,000 to parish councils, sports clubs and voluntary bodies.· This section permits sports clubs to have alternative permitted hours in the winter where the sport is played out of doors.· The aim is to provide a forum for sports clubs to advise Knowsley on improving services.
· He always wears a sports coat and flannels and a pinned tie.· The customer was wearing a sport coat with checks so large Fogarty thought of a horse blanket.· The other in his 30's, with ginger hair and moustache and a tweed sports coat.· Just trust me on this, and put your sport coat on.· Also, he was wearing his new sport coat.· Nichols sat stone-faced, dressed in a sport coat and blue shirt.· We had a beatnik poet who wore salami patches on his tweed sport coat.
· Male speaker Rugby is a contact sport.· Wrestling was the competitive contact sport to boxing at the Y.. It was no match.
· They were so enthusiastic for these that its pupils regularly walked off with all the trophies on sports days.· But, on prize-giving for sports day, they were always there.· Except for a sports day once a year, their activities were limited to parading up and down.· Footballs were kicked here, picnics and sports days held.· You are pressed to attend a school sports day.· The road to the County finals is tough with a number of elimination stages from school sports days through to district finals.· He loved his blind boys, taught them how to play football, arranged sports days for them, took them swimming.
· I decided not to put out a special homecoming issue and my sports editor cried.· Back home, impatient sports editors waited for them to file as they drank the Latium hills dry of Chianti.· Look at that sports editor over there - he's had four marriages and as many heart attacks.· Our sports editor Tim Russon was with them at Wembley.
· It's a top-quality sports event.· Myriad festivals, theatrical productions, musical concerts and sports events are scheduled year-round.· The spectators may go to a specific sports event, or watch at a distance on television.· It only happens at sports events.· Expenditure on accommodation, food and drink dominates the economic impact generated by visitors to sports events.· But it was Pete Rozelle who had the foresight to make it bigger and better than any other sports event.· I now invite you to complete the enclosed form detailing your sports events for the second half of the year.· It is now the most watched and most talked-about one-day sports event in the world.
· High standards of food, sports facilities and entertainments.· In the past, Lanier and Eckels have supported a referendum on construction of any sports facility.· Ministers should also consider ways of improving sports facilities for youngsters living in inner cities, they claimed.· The sports facilities were not only superb but were available to girls as well as boys.· The Sport and Recreation Department offers some of the finest indoor sports facilities and outdoor playing fields in the province.· These hotels provided musical afternoons, teas, bridge parties, lectures, dances, and sports facilities.· Backing on to a Park - Rosemary Gardens - with sports facilities and playground.· Other than tennis courts and other sports facilities beyond the Lower Ocker Hill Branch the area is inauspicious.
· Lets face it, most of us are sports fans.· As a result, sports fans are no longer limited by the reach of their radio antenna.· No wonder so many sports fans blame television and corporate cash for the erosion of amateurism and the endless drug scandals.· A sports fan might elect to have the latest sports scores continuously scrolling on to his screen.· And the Internet is crawling with sports fans.· Gary Healea was a sports fan in the original sense of the word: a fanatic.· In many ways, though, this is a dream job for Barkley, a big sports fan.· The clubhouse is packed with avid sports fans and foodies.
· As soon as anyone mentions field sports people direct their conversations to some one else.· Or is it because they do not actually know what goes on at field sport events such as shooting?
· The core of the sports industry is the sports goods sector: sports equipment, sports clothing, and sports shoes.· The commercial sports sector consists of the sports goods sector and the sports services sector.· Grampian plans to retain Patrick, a similar sports goods brand.· Surridge retired from the first-class game in 1959 to concentrate on the family sports goods business.
· South Cave school was opened in 1967, further extensions including a sports hall were completed in 1978.· The sports hall of a public sector facility is used more for aerobics classes than was the case ten years ago.· The burglars also sprayed the sports hall with fire foam.· Facilities include a sports hall, a library and a prayer room.· Most recreation facilities like swimming pools and sports halls are under their control.· There is a separate sports hall with a 25m swimming pool, two squash courts and a gym.· The pavilion and new sports hall at Bristol being prepared for the resumption of cricket in June.· The campus' South Building houses recently refurbished Students' Union facilities and a minor sports hall.
· Jacket taken: A sports jacket worth £100 was stolen from a car at Cod Beck reservoir near Osmotherley.· He was wearing blue-gray corduroy trousers, a sports jacket, no tie, lace-up shoes that had cost some money.· They were both in their fifties - she in a tweed coat, he in a sports Jacket and flannels.· He danced in slacks and sports jackets, wore white socks to call attention to his dancing feet.· Cashmere sports jackets hung on the back of their chairs, insurance against an encounter with air-conditioning.· He wore a brown sports jacket with a black roll neck sweater.· The women took to old corduroys and sports jackets alongside their men folk.· Harris tweed sports jacket, cavalry twill slacks.
· The development of sports medicine has been particularly rapid since the Second World War.· Rather, it has become an increasingly important part of the task of practitioners of sports medicine.· This aspect of the changing structure of sports medicine has, perhaps, been brought out most clearly by Hoberman.
· The cultural challenge is to move these stories from the sports page to the business page.· Like the sports pages, each day the business pages of the newspaper list such averages.· All Jack ever admitted to reading was the sports pages, and Polly had dreamt of politicizing him.· Right now starts the 40-week period of sports page reading.· There were eight sports pages and the football results.· These tales are part of a sports underground-stories that athletes some-times tell each other but that rarely appear in the sports pages.· The sports page was pretty dull.· He saw the hair on the sports pages.
· In countries where these activities are popular, they are normally included as sports in sports participation surveys.· This high frequency of participation across a large number of sports is an important characteristic of sports participation.· Another set of activities, which are physical but not competitive, are also often included in national sports participation surveys.· However, up to now we have only considered the positive side of the relationship between sports participation and health.· It is such injuries that make up the cost side of the balance sheet of the sports participation and health relationship.· Questions on sports participation have been included, normally at 3-year intervals.· Even in apparently well-integrated families, fathers exert only the smallest of influences on the child's sports participation.· Respondents are asked about their sports participation behaviour over the past four weeks and over the past twelve months.
· Details of joining fees for the respective sports sections of the club may be obtained from the Personnel Department.· First off, I must state, as always, I like the Star sports section.· Basilio, whose busted face was on the front page of every pinned-up sports section in every barbershop in the city.· Stanley Woodward ran the best sports section in town, if not the country.
· Gold bracelet, sports shirt, and a small crucifix dangled from a 24-carat chain round his throat.· A guy in tattered cut-offs and garish sport shirt stands on a rock, brandishing a sword above his head.· He was wearing jeans, a sports shirt and a cardigan.· He was in white ducks, brown and white wing tips, and a yellow silk sport shirt.· She could easily see the broadness of his shoulders underneath a tailored white sports shirt.· Like the way he was dressed now, the corduroy suit pants and pink sport shirt and scuffed-up black shoes.· Matthew had changed from his breeches into slacks and a blue check sports shirt.· A chubby little man in a short-sleeved sport shirt and baggy gray twill pants came out the door.
· Sport may be taken too seriously; high-performance spectator sport is arguably too central to our lives already.· Treasure Island could accommodate an athletic center for soccer, rugby and small-scale spectator sports.· Mathematics is not a spectator sport.· Marina took charge of Lucy, and she relaxed: Marina drawing people out was spectator sport.· Like I said, it's a spectator sport.· Rugby has become big business and a spectator sport.· More than £1 billion is bet on greyhound racing each year in what is Britain's most popular spectator sport.
· Toyota introduced its third generation 4-Runner mid-priced sport utility.· Ford is offering a $ 2, 000 rebate on its Bronco sport utility vehicle.· Type Front-engine, four-wheel-drive, five-passenger, luxury sport utility.· Many aging enthusiasts began to abandon sports cars for sport utilities.· It was a sport utility that was also a personal vehicle and it got good mileage.· The intent of such monsters today is not simply to be bigger, sportier and more utilitarian than sport utilities.· They see even more dollar signs ahead: There are now about 30 models of sport utility vehicles.· Plus the most significant restyling since the Cherokee debuted as a compact sport utility vehicle in 1984.
· Local Activities: walks, leisure centre, water sports, golf.· Local public health authorities and water sports authorities have issued warnings about the risk from Weil's Disease.· All non-motorised water sports are free of charge.· This provided accommodation and restaurant facilities for anglers, caravanners, backpackers and water sport enthusiasts.· Beach and esplanade include croquet, tennis and water sports centre.· But for those who choose arduous outdoor recreations like climbing, water sports and ski-ing this is particularly so.· Quinta do Lago's 1,700 acres include golf courses, tennis courts, riding stables, water sports and strictly-controlled development.· Chris liked the fishing and the water sport, provided free by the hotel.
· In the summer, athletics, cricket and tennis take over from the winter sports.· Snowmobiling is the Indy 500 of winter sports.· And make absolutely sure the policy you buy covers you for winter sports and not just travel.· The policy now includes 17 days' winter sports insurance free.· It was winter sports, for heaven's sake, not an in-depth seminar on personal relationships!· They come for the winter sports and the spectacular scenery.· Its annual travel policy includes cover for up to 17 days of winter sports.· Women's new-found physical freedom extended to other outdoor activities, particularly winter sports.
VERB· In countries where these activities are popular, they are normally included as sports in sports participation surveys.· Data subjects could include sports, stocks, weather, traffic, entertainment listings and narrower topics for specialized audiences.· Barnhart was born and raised in Indiana, with an interest in many things, including music, sports and art.· Another set of activities, which are physical but not competitive, are also often included in national sports participation surveys.· Naturally, little has been left untouched by the high-tech world, and that includes outdoor sports.· This varies by Club and can include sports tournaments, trips out for meals and separate excursions.· Facilities include a sports hall, a library and a prayer room.
· A true estimation of the resources involved in sport would include these unpaid labour services.· At first he believed that if he coached him and got him involved in sports, Tim would improve.· Insurance companies raise premiums by up to 100 p.c. for holidays involving dangerous sports.· The number of households getting involved in the sport is growing more than ever, according to San Diego Surf Cup officials.· Joan's been involved in disabled sport from its very beginning, at the Paraplegic Games at Stoke Mandeville in 1948.· If a student is not involved in school sports, parents should encourage some type of exercise.· Now 32, Becker has become involved in sports marketing since retiring from competitive tennis.· I suggest that they are involved in the sport of shooting rather than in the art of ferreting.
· Voice over Reporter asks: What does it mean to you to be playing competitive sport?· It varies greatly in severity, with some children so mildly affected they can play sports.· All boys were expected to play sport twice a week-here the manager directed my attention to the window.· Beach says her generation, however, would rather visit with friends, play sports and watch television.· Joining the Army at 17-and-a-half, the young Whittingham was really only interested in playing sport for fun.· Later, when at grammar school, I played most sports with schoolboy verve.· They spent more time working, exercising, and playing sports.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend► a TV/sports etc junkie
- The sail had been a hindrance, making sport of me at each whim of the wind, so I lowered it.
- I don't like playing with him - he's not a very good sport.
- All in all, Fred was a good sport and said he enjoyed the meal.
- But she was such a good sport about it.
- He told everyone Norm was a hothead, a poor sport, a disgrace as a Catholic, and a lousy catcher.
- It is not good for a player to be considered a poor sport.
- The explosion of extreme sports in recent years has produced an unprecedented number of ultra-endurance races.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesportingunsportingsportynounsportverbsport
1games a)[countable] a physical activity in which people compete against each other: My favourite sports are tennis and swimming. a sports team All students are encouraged to take part in a sport. He picked up the newspaper and turned to the sports pages. b)[uncountable] British English sports in general: Why is there so much sport on TV? I always hated sport at school.GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable?• In British English, you say: · I like watching sport on TV. Sport is an uncountable noun in this meaning.• In American English, you say: · I like watching sports on TV. Sports is a plural noun in this meaning.2hunting [countable] 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)3helpful person [countable usually singular] (also good sport) old-fashioned a helpful cheerful person who lets you enjoy yourselfbe a sport (=used when asking someone to help you) Be a sport and lend me your bike.4a good sport someone who does not get angry when they lose at a game or sport5a bad/poor sport someone who gets angry very easily when they lose at a game or sport6man/boy spoken a)Australian English used when speaking to someone, especially a man, in a friendly way: See you later, sport. b)American English old-fashioned used when speaking to a boy in a friendly way7fun [uncountable] old-fashioned fun or amusement: Did she torment him merely for sport?8make sport of somebody old-fashioned to joke about someone in a way that makes them seem stupid → field sports, water sports, winter sportsCOLLOCATIONSverbsplay (a) sport· My ambition was to play sport at the highest level.take part in (a) sport· Students are encouraged to take part in a sport of some kind.do sport British English, do sports American English· I did a lot of sport at school.take up a sport (=start doing it)· I took up the sport six years ago.compete in a sport (=do that sport in competitions)· She competed in various sports when she was young.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sporta team sport· I liked playing team sports such as football and rugby.an individual sport· You have to be mentally tough to compete in individual sports.a spectator sport (=one that people enjoy watching)· Football is the most popular spectator sport.competitive sport(s) (=in which people compete and try to win)· Competitive sport teaches valuable lessons which last for life.a contact sport (=one in which players have physical contact with each other)· People get hurt in contact sports, but they also have fun.a winter sport (=skiing, ice skating etc)· More and more people are taking up winter sports.an extreme sport (=one that is dangerous)· Many teenagers are attracted to extreme sports such as snowboarding.professional sport(s) (=which people are paid to do)· The kind of money involved in professional sport makes cheating inevitable.a minority sport (=one that very few people do)· Minority sports rarely feature on TV.sports + NOUNa sports team· A lot of schools have their own sports teams.a sports club· She joined her local sports club.a sports field/ground· The village has its own sports field.a sports event· Is this country able to stage a major sports event?a sports fan (=someone who enjoys watching sport)· He was a big sports fan.a sports personality (=someone who is famous for playing sport)· The event will be opened by a well-known sports personality.sports facilities· All our holiday camps have wonderful sports facilities.sports equipment· a new online store selling all kinds of sports equipmenta sports injury· The clinic specializes in treating sports injuries.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘make (a) sport’. Say do (a) sport or play (a) sport.THESAURUSplaces where people do sportfield (also pitch British English) a large area of ground, usually covered with grass, where team sports are played: · A few kids were playing on the football field.· a hockey fieldstadium a large sports field with seats all around it for people to watch team sports or track and field competitions: · The atmosphere in the Olympic Stadium was amazing.· a football stadiumground British English a sports field and the seats and buildings around it, belonging to a particular football, rugby, or cricket team: · I met my friends inside the ground.ballpark/park American English a stadium where baseball is played: · Busch Stadium is one of the newest ballparks in Major League.court an area with lines painted on the ground, for tennis, badminton, basketball, or volleyball: · The hotel has four tennis courts and a volleyball court.diamond the area in a baseball field that is within the shape formed by the four bases. The diamond can also be the whole field: · The pitcher stands in the middle of the diamond.· There’s a playground, a picnic area, and a baseball diamond.track a circular path with lines on it, for running on: · In the relay, each runner runs once around the track.gym a room with machines which you can use to do exercises: · He spends an hour in the gym every day.pool/swimming pool a place where you can swim: · He jumped into the deep end of the pool.· I’ll meet you outside the swimming pool.sports centre British English, sports center American English a building where you can play many types of indoor sports: · Why not do exercise classes at your local sports centre?health club a small sports centre, where you pay to be a member: · How much does it cost to join a health club?sport1 nounsport2 verb
sportsport2 verb VERB TABLE
sport
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | sport |
| he, she, it | sports | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | sported |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have sported |
| he, she, it | has sported | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had sported |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will sport |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have sported |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am sporting |
| he, she, it | is sporting | |
| you, we, they | are sporting | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was sporting |
| you, we, they | were sporting | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been sporting |
| he, she, it | has been sporting | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been sporting |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be sporting |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been sporting |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Whales were spouting and sporting with each other.
- Will came back from his trip sporting a mustache and a beard.
- Even fewer pull it off while sporting zoot suits.
- It seems that every police car is brand-new, and Hussein's soldiers sport crisp, new uniforms.
- The ancient gas refrigerator sports a screwdriver for a door handle.
- When it finally is released, the new Windows will sport some cool new features.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES My nephew is a complete video game addict. a sports arena The Derby is a major event in the racing calendar. a sports commentator The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. A food maven could also be called a gourmet. our Friday sports round-up ‘Let’s not talk politics now,’ said Hugh impatiently.
My nephew is a complete video game addict. a sports arena· I noticed that the man was wearing trainers and carrying a sports bag.
The Derby is a major event in the racing calendar. (=a low fast car)· He was driving a red sports car.
· Her acting career lasted for more than 50 years.
· You could join exercise classes at your local sports centre.
(=a fairly good chance)· The proposals had at least a sporting chance of being accepted.
· What’s on the movie channel tonight?
· Lou was wearing sports clothes and sunglasses.
· Why don’t you join one of the school sports clubs?
a sports commentator· There is an increasing demand to watch sporting competitions.
· The sports complex also has six tennis courts.
· Here is our sports correspondent with all the details.
· The exhibition has been funded by the Arts Council.
· He claims the election coverage has been biased against him.
(=designed to test or improve your endurance)
· Can you help me load the camping equipment into the boot, please?
· Many of the weekend’s major sporting events were cancelled due to bad weather.
· Have you checked out the local sports facilities?
The school has a new sports hall. Five hundred people filled the lecture hall. (=someone who people admire in a sport)· Tiger Woods was his sporting hero.
(=one you get while doing sport)· She has vast knowledge of treating sports injuries.
A food maven could also be called a gourmet. (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)· He only ever reads the sports pages.
· He started as a news reporter on Radio 1.
our Friday sports round-up (=particular part of a newspaper)
· Sam was a football star in college.
‘Let’s not talk politics now,’ said Hugh impatiently. (=one that is played by teams)· In those days, girls didn’t play team sports.
(=someone who writes articles and books about a subject)· This region of Europe does not excite many travel writers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· Number 7 was originally the monastic granary, now sporting a new frontage, put up around 1890.· The land now sports a golf course and Hilton resort named Point at Tapatio Cliffs.· One man now sports a mohawk whitened with peroxide.· Almost all packaged foods now sport the Nutrition Facts label to help you make informed food choices.
NOUN· He had no razor of course, so he sported a straggly beard and moustache.· Farag sports a three-day beard and has a bandage stretched across his forehead.
· But then most of the police - even the ones in cars - are sporting red noses for the occasion.· And not just because the black-and-white car he drives sports a red light and siren.
· Television will bring these Olympics to a larger audience than any previous sporting event.· Special events such as major sporting events or concerts cost up to thirty dollars to watch.
· The store cost $ 185 million to open, sporting custom-made furniture and a health club.
· People who run countries have all too often fallen for the notion that sporting success somehow confers political legitimacy.· It is a gut-level response, based on romantic notions about college sports.
· Arthur Smith, once a slender man, now was slender still except for the beach ball he sported under his shirt.
· A partnership is not a team sport.· A singular individual talent in a man's game and a distinctive, willful group of women in a team sport.
· The Mormon Lake area is a natural for winter sports.
· A singular individual talent in a man's game and a distinctive, willful group of women in a team sport.· Opposite Woman cyclist of 1898 sporting the latest in cycling fashion.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► television/sports/fresh-air etc fiend► a TV/sports etc junkie
- The explosion of extreme sports in recent years has produced an unprecedented number of ultra-endurance races.
WORD FAMILYadjectivesportingunsportingsportynounsportverbsport
1be sporting something to be wearing something or have something on your body and show it to people in a proud way: Eric was sporting a new camelhair coat.2[intransitive] literary to play together happily: the sight of dolphins sporting amidst the waves