sport • ing BrE / ˈspɔːtɪŋ /
NAmE / ˈspɔːrtɪŋ /
adjective
1 [ only before noun ] connected with sports a major sporting event
a range of sporting activities
His main sporting interests are golf and tennis.
( NAmE ) a store selling sporting goods
2 ( especially BrE ) fair and generous in your treatment of other people, especially in a game or sport for sense 2 unsporting
sport • ing • ly / BrE ˈspɔːtɪŋli ; NAmE ˈspɔːrtɪŋli / adverb He sportingly agreed to play the point again.
a ˌsporting ˈchance a reasonable chance of success
The Sporting Life BrE
NAmE
a British daily newspaper that consists mainly of articles and information about horse racing and other sports that people bet on. It was first published in 1859 .
ˈsports centre BrE
NAmE
noun
( BrE )
a building where the public can go to play many different kinds of sports, swim, etc.
sporty BrE / ˈspɔːti /
NAmE / ˈspɔːrti /
adjective
( sport • ier , sporti • est ) ( informal )
1 ( especially BrE ) liking or good at sport I'm not very sporty.
2 ( of clothes ) bright, attractive and informal; looking suitable for wearing for sports a sporty cotton top
3 ( of cars ) fast and elegant a sporty Mercedes
Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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