noun
Meaning 1
plural of sport
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sports
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /spɔːts/
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General-American: /spɔɹts/
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/spo(ː)ɹts/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/spoəts/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ts
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CMU ARPABET: S P AO1 R T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sport
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of sport
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
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