sports

Speech parts

1. sports - Noun

2. sports - Verb

Meaning

sports

plural of sport

sports pl (plural only)

Canada, US standard spelling of sport., the class of physical activies

sports

third-person singular simple present indicative of sport

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

To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

athletics skylark lark game play football sport exercise entertainment pleasure sporting mutation golf athletic amusement
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Antonyms

inertia inactivity inaction idleness heaviness dullness
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Phrases with the word

sports equipment Sports Stadium motor sports sports betting Sports Hall of Fame sports-bet

Examples

Even from their infancy we frame them to the sports of love: their instruction, behavior, attire, grace, learning and all their words azimuth only at love, respects only affection. Their nurses and their keepers imprint no other thing in them. Michel de Montaigne

I always turn to the sports section first. The sports section records people's accomplishments; the front page nothing but man's failures. Earl Warren

Sports became a favorite subject of reflection and will soon be the only way of thinking. Vasily Klyuchevsky

To me, torture would be watching sports on television. Quentin Tarantino

All sports for all people. Pierre de Coubertin

There is no beast so savage but sports with its mate. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sportling sportly sportpony sports activities sports announcer sports anorexia