sports

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English

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Etymology

sport +‎ -s

Pronunciation

Noun

sports

  1. plural of sport

Noun

sports pl (plural only)

  1. Synonym of sport (the class of physical activies; athletics)

Derived terms

sport plural

Verb

sports

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sport

Verb

sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)

  1. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
    • 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:
      But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
    • 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:
      And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.

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French

Pronunciation

Noun

sports m

  1. plural of sport

Latvian

Sports (Rīgas maratons)

Etymology

Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sports m (1st declension)

  1. sport, sports
    nodarboties ar sportuto occupy oneself with, to practice sports
    sporta veidi(types of) sports
    sporta būve / sporta bāzegymnasium, sports facility
    sporta skolasports school
    sporta medicīnasports medicine
    sporta meistarssports master
    cīņas sportsmartial arts (lit. fighting sports)
    slēpošana ir patīkams sportsskiing is an enjoyable sport
  2. activity about which one is passionate
    sēņošana viņam ir sportsmushroom picking is a sport to him

Declension

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Derived terms

Swedish

Verb

sports

  1. passive supine of spörja

Noun

sports

  1. indefinite genitive singular of sport

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