sport
Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
Example
“Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well.”
Other meanings
A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
“Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.”
Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
“You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.”
Synonyms
- athletics
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "deportāre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sport” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.