sport
part of speech
noun (a sport, sports; sport, uncountable); verb (sport, sports, sported, sporting — to wear proudly); adjective sporty, sporting
meaning for a pupil
1) A sport is a game or activity where you move your body and follow rules, often to win: football, swimming, netball. tree →
2) Sport (uncountable, UK) or sports (USA) means all these activities together. tree →
3) A good sport is someone who plays fairly and is kind whether they win or lose. tree →
4) To sport something means to wear it to show it off. tree →
5) Sport can also mean fun or teasing, as in "make sport of someone," which means to make fun of them. tree →
sense in the lessons
In PE (physical education) lessons pupils play sports to keep fit and learn teamwork. In everyday life sport means teams, matches, clubs and watching on TV; popular sports differ by country (football/soccer, cricket, rugby, ice hockey, Australian football, baseball, Gaelic games). In safety, sport needs the right gear (helmets, shin pads, mouthguards). Phrases: play sport, team sport, sports day, a good sport, sports centre, water sports.
examples
- My favourite sport is swimming. tree →
- We have sports day at school next week. tree →
- Football is called soccer in the USA, Canada and Australia. tree →
- Be a good sport and shake hands after the game. tree →
- Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada. tree →
- Doing sport keeps your heart and muscles strong. tree →
- He was sporting a new pair of trainers. tree →
- Netball is a team sport. tree →
- "Surely I've made sport enough for Woe! tree →
note
The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand usually say «sport» (I like sport); the USA and Canada say «sports» (I like sports). «Sports» is also used before nouns: sports car, sports bag. Being a good sport means accepting losing without anger.
In the corpora
- Many things people love depend on bodies, feelings and being human, such as watching people play sport.
- Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.
- Documentaries are films about real life, like nature, history or sport, and the best ones are as gripping as any story.
- Breaking, or breakdancing, started in New York in the 1970s and was an Olympic sport for the first time at Paris 2024.
- You lose water when you sweat, so you should drink during and after sport, even before you feel thirsty.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sport» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.