sporting
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sporting
- /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/
- /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/
- /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/
- /ˈspoətɪŋ/
- /ˈspɔːtɪnɡ/
- [ˈspɔːtɪŋɡ]
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of sport
adjective more sporting · most sporting
- Pertaining to sports He got a job in a sporting goods store.
- Exhibiting sportsmanship. Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
- Fair, generous; game. It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
- Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities. New Yorkers coined the term “sporting culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.
noun sportings
- The act of taking part in a sport. […] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sportsmanlike, gambling, betting, adventurous, adventuresome, indulgent, dissipated, fair, just, clean, card-playing, sportsmanship, sportsman, athletic, olympic, athletics
Translations
Every language
adj pertaining to sports
| Español | deportivo |
|---|---|
| Português | esportivo, desportivo |
| Français | sportif |
| Deutsch | sportiv |
| Italiano | sportivo |
| Русский | спорти́вный sportívnyj |
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title = {sporting},
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