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sporting

sport·ing
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spawr-ting, spohr-]
    • /ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-/
    • /ˈspɔː.tɪŋ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spawr-ting, spohr-]
    • /ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-/

Definitions of sporting word

  • adjective sporting of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing. 1
  • adjective sporting suitable for outdoor or informal wear: sport clothes. 1
  • noun sporting an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc. 1
  • noun sporting a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors. 1
  • noun sporting sports, (used with a singular verb) such athletic activities collectively: Sports is important in my life. 1
  • noun sporting diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime. 1
See all 42 definitions of sporting

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Origin of sporting

First appearance:

before 1590
One of the 37% oldest English words
First recorded in 1590-1600; sport + -ing2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sporting

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Sporting

sporting popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for sporting

adj sporting

  • athletic — Athletic means relating to athletes and athletics.

noun sporting

  • falconry — the sport of hunting with falcons, hawks, eagles, etc.; hawking.
  • field sports — sports carried on in the open countryside, such as hunting, shooting, or fishing
  • fishery — a place where fish are bred; fish hatchery.
  • fowling — the practice or sport of shooting or snaring birds.
  • halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.

adjective sporting

  • antic — an actor in a ludicrous or grotesque part; clown; buffoon
  • gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
All 15 Synonyms of sporting

Antonyms for sporting

adj sporting

Just one Antonym for sporting

Related words

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    a person who has rented or subscribed for a box, as at a theatrical performance, sporting event, or the like.

  • coliseum

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    any of a breed of small spaniel, similar to and the progenitor of the cocker spaniel
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