sporting
VerbAdjektivSubstantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ˈspɔɹtɪŋ//
- //ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ//
- //ˈspɔːtɪŋ//
- //ˈspoətɪŋ//
- //ˈspɔːtɪnɡ//
- /[ˈspɔːtɪŋɡ]/
Pertaining to sports
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von sportpresent participle and gerund of sport
Herkunft
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Adjektiv
- 1
Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
- 2
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
- 3
Fair, generous; game.
It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
- 4
veraltetOf 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.
Substantiv
- 1
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 […]
Formen
- Plural
- sportings
- Komparativ
- more sporting
- Superlativ
- most sporting