football

«football» in Mova's school dictionary: a game where two teams try to kick a ball into the other… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (football, footballs)

meaning for a pupil

1) Football is a game where two teams try to kick a ball into the other team's goal; in the USA and Australia this game is called soccer. tree →

2) In the USA, football means American football, played with an oval ball that is carried and thrown. tree →

3) In Australia, football can mean Australian rules football (footy) or rugby. tree →

4) A football is also the ball. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: a game with teams, goals, scores and matches; footballs bought or counted; points tables. In PE and everyday life: playing football at break, football clubs, cheering at a match. Phrases: «play football», «football match», «football pitch» or «field», «football team», «football boots».

examples

• The football team scored 3 goals. tree →
• A football costs 12 dollars. tree →
• 22 players are on the field in a football match. tree →
• 15 children play football. tree →
• We play football at lunchtime. tree →
• In America, football is played with an oval ball. tree →
• The football pitch was muddy after the rain. tree →
• He kicked the football over the fence. tree →
• Far and near he would go to any meetings, as football play or the like. tree →

note

Game: uncountable («play football», not «play a football»); ball: countable («a football»). The word means different games in different countries. Maths: the thing counted (balls, players, goals). Trap: a football team has 11 players on the field; the problem may expect you to know it.

In the corpora

• Freya wants the dragon film; her brother wants the football one; they shout.
• Some animals survive because they work as a team, like a football side where one keeps goal while the others run.
• Squashed air pushes back hard, which is how bike tyres and footballs work.
• Shin pads protect the shins in football.
• In the UK, Ireland and most of the world, football means soccer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «football» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.