Sportswear is the special clothing worn for playing sports or for informal leisure activities.
sportswear in British English
(ˈspɔːtsˌwɛə)
noun
clothes worn for sport or outdoor leisure wear
sportswear in American English
(ˈspɔrtsˌwɛr)
noun
clothes designed for wear while engaging in sports or on informal occasions
Examples of 'sportswear' in a sentence
sportswear
The sportswear firm is expected to use the funds to revamp shops and buy stock.
The Sun (2009)
The pair have clashed before as bosses of rival sportswear firms.
The Sun (2009)
The sportswear company will wait until the outcome of any appeal before making its assessment of the case.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The struggling sportswear retailer needed the landlords of its stores to support a company voluntary arrangement to stay in business.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The ailing sportswear retailer will collapse if it does not win the approval of its landlords next week to close underperforming stores.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That will give the German sportswear firm confidence it will get value for money.
The Sun (2015)
And it takes an awful lot of pieces to become the world's biggest sportswear retailer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The firm backs active lifestyles, providing branded sportswear.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
So what interest has a purveyor of haute couture and 10,000 handbags have in a sportswear company?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The rapper recently signed a big-money deal with the sportswear giant to produce his own line.
The Sun (2013)
It's hardly surprising seeing the problems his association with the sportswear giants has caused.
The Sun (2015)
The next range is sportswear.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Worse, it is hard to avoid the suspicion that this is just another gimmick in the war between rival sportswear brands.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The sales performance was also flattered by weak comparative figures for the same period last year, when the sportswear retailer had trouble getting stock.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Know It were hosted and kitted out by our friends at the preppy French sportswear brand.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The sportswear company Under Armour is doing something right.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The German sportswear giant expects to make 1.3billion from football ranges this year.
The Sun (2012)
She now wears figure-hugging clothes and tight sportswear, enjoys the gym and is looking forward to a confident love life.
The Sun (2015)
The couple's 25-year-old son was also quizzed by police over claims that sportswear and clothes had been stolen from the house.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Word lists with
sportswear
types of clothes, types of clothing
In other languages
sportswear
British English: sportswear /ˈspɔːtsˌwɛə/ NOUN
Sportswear is the special clothing worn for playing sports or for informal leisure activities.
American English: sportswear
Arabic: مَلاَبِسٌ رِيَاضِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: roupa para praticar esportes