sports? I / haven't been doing much sport lately, sports 1 adj only before noun] used for sport or connected with sport: My son belongs to a local sports club. I sports equipment
Sport can also be an uncountable noun, especially in British English, meaning 'sports in general'. So you can say either good at sport (especially British) or good at
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sports (especially AMERICAN).
A Don't say 'make sport'. Say play sport or do sport
game /geim/ [n С] a sport that you play
against another player or team, according to a set of rules: At school, we played team games like football and hockey. I Tennis is a popular game in the summer.
A Don't confuse sport and game. Sport includes all sorts of physical activities, games, races, and things like climbing and fishing. Games are usually played either between two people or between two teams. Sports that involve racing, such as swimming, athletics, and horse-racing, are not games
an occasion when people compete against each other in a sport
game /geim/ [n C] an occasion when two
people or two teams compete against
each other in a sport: Barcelona beat Real Madrid 3-2 in a thrilling game. I IVho won the game? I I got two tickets for the Bulls' game.
game of tennis/squash etc How about a game of tennis this evening? basketball/football etc game I'm going to watch a volleyball game this Saturday.
match iructj (n C] especially British an occasion when two people or two teams compete against each other in a sport. Are you going to the match tomorrow?
a footballjcricket/boxing match A cricket
match was in progress on the school sports field.
Don't say 'a match of tennis/football/ chess etc'.
Americans never use match to mean a game played between two teams. They only use it for games where one person competes with another or fights with another: a wrestling match
race /reis/ [n C) a competition in which several people try to run, drive, ride, swim etc faster than each other: Hill won the race, and Schumacher finished second.
horse race Her husband spent all their
money gambling on horse races.
to play a sport
play Iplei/ [u I/Tl to take part in a sport - use this especially about games in which you try to win against another person or team: I'm playing in a basketball game this Sunday.
play /ootball/tennis/golf/baseball etc
It's a long time since I played hockey. + against The Rams played against the Giants twice in three weeks.
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playing - played - have played
Qdo ciu; [u T] f:sm:iALLY >чмл use this especially with the names of sports that are not team sports: / do aerobics twice a week. I He used to do karate, but he gave it up.
doing - did - have done
go [u TJ use this about sports whose names end in '-ing
go climbing I swimming I running / riding
etc John goes running every morning, going - went - have gone
Ш someone who does a sport
player pleio1. {rr Cj someone who belongs to a sports team or who regularly does a sport: One of the players had been injured.
baseball/basketball etc player one of
the best tennis players in the country
sportsman/sportswoman sp^ts
mon. 'spsits.womnn (n Cj someone who is very good at sport, especially someone who does it as their job: A special Olympic village has been built for the sportsmen and sportswomen to live in. piural sportsmen sportswomen
athlete ';d)li:t |n C\ someone who is good at sport, especially someone who does athletics (=sports such as running, throwing things, or jumping over high bars): All athletes now have to be regularly tested for drugs.
H a group of people who play against another group
team t i:m; In С] a group of people who play together against another group in a sport: Which team do you support? be in a team British be on a team
american We haven't decided who is going to be on the team yet.
^^ Iri British English, you can use team with a singular or plural verb: Our team is wearing red/are wearing red. In American English, only use a singular verb.
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Side said [л С] British one of two teams who are playing against each other: Both sides ployed really well. I Our side only needs one more goal to win.
captain k;ept^n/ [n CJ the main player in a team, who tells the other players what to do + of the captain of the England football team
В a place where you do a sport
field fi:ld [n C] a large area of ground, usually covered in grass, where team sports are played: The crowd cheered as the players ran onto the field.
baseball/Jootball/sports etc field (=a field where baseball, football etc is played): The footbaii field was too muddy to play on. so the game was cancelled.
pitch . pit J; [г С] british a sports field: The fans rushed onto the pitch at the end of the match.
cricket/football etc pitch (=a pitch where cricket or footbaii is played)
court ta:rt In CJ an area with lines painted
or the ground, where two people or teams play a game such as tennis, badminton, basketball, or netball
tennis/basketball/squash etc court (=a
court where "ennis etc is played)
leisure centre 1е^>' senty||h:- [n C]
british a building where you can do various different sports: There's a really nice swimming pool at the leisure centre.
gym d^inv In CJ a large room where there are machines that you can use to do exercises and make your body stronger: Are you going to the gym today?
pool/swimmtng pool pu:l, swimiri
purl [n CJ a place where you can swim, consisting of a large hole in the ground that has been built and filled with water, either outdoors or inside a building
Stadium studioin [n С] a large sports field with seats all around it. where people go to watch team sports: a baseball stadium
M someone who watches a sport
spectator spek'teitaH'spekteita', [n C]
someone who goes to a game and watches people playing a sport
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fan hen [n C] someone who likes a particular team or player and often goes to watch them play: Thousands of fans queued to buy tickets.
Supporter ls?px'\y [n C] British someone who likes a particular team, especially a football team, and often goes to watch it play: Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium. Milan/Liverpool etc supporter (=a sup porter of Milan/Liverpool etc)