sports
nounnounverbverbcommon in dialogue
- //spɔːɹts//
- //spoɹts//
- //spoəts//
Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
noun
- 1
Also a form of sportplural of sport
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport English -s English sports From sport + -s.
noun
- 1
Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
verb
- 1
Also a form of sportthird-person singular simple present indicative of sport
verb
- 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.
But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
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.
Forms
- past tense
- sportsed
- past participle
- sportsed
- present participle
- sportsing
- third person singular
- sportses
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