English noun: sport |
1. | sport (act) an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
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| Synonyms | athletics |
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| Broader (hypernym) | diversion, recreation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | aquatics, archery, athletic game, blood sport, contact sport, cycling, equitation, field sport, funambulism, gymnastic exercise, gymnastics, horseback riding, judo, outdoor sport, racing, riding, rock climbing, row, rowing, skating, skiing, sledding, spectator sport, team sport, tightrope walking, track and field, water sport |
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| Domain category members | abseil, at home, average, away, backpack, bandy, bench warmer, birling, bob, bobsled, bout, box, call, call, canoe, carry, coach, curl, cut, daisy cutter, defence, defending, defending team, defense, deficit, disqualified, double-team, down, downfield, downfield, dribble, drive, drop, English, field, figure skate, flip, follow through, foul, free agency, free agent, game plan, handler, hike, home, hurdle, ice skate, in play, ineligible, iron man, ironman, jackknife, jog, kayak, kick, kill, kill, lead, legal, logrolling, loose, luge, man-to-man, manager, most-valuable, mountaineer, offside, offside, offsides, one-on-one, onside, out of play, outclass, overarm, overhand, overhanded, pack, paddle, pass, personal foul, position, possession, press box, prizefight, punt, racket, rappel, ref, referee, referee, regulation time, ride the bench, roller skate, Rollerblade, rope down, round, run, run, save, schuss, scout, scull, seed, series, shadowbox, shoot, shooter, shot, side, sit out, skate, skateboard, ski, ski jump, skin-dive, sled, sleigh, snorkel, spar, spar, speed skate, spread-eagle, start, stroke, submarine, sudden death, surf, surfboard, surge, talent scout, timekeeper, timer, toboggan, toss, tramp, trial, tuck, turn, umpire, underarm, underhand, underhanded, upfield, warm the bench, water ski, windsurf, wipeout, won-lost record |
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2. | sport (act) the occupation of athletes who compete for pay |
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| Broader (hypernym) | business, job, line, line of work, occupation |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | professional baseball, professional basketball, professional boxing, professional football, professional golf, professional tennis, professional wrestling, sumo |
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3. | sport (person) (Maine colloquial) a temporary summer resident of Maine |
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| Synonyms | summercater |
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| Broader (hypernym) | vacationer, vacationist |
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4. | sport (person) a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances |
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| Samples | A good sport. A poor sport.
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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5. | sport (person) someone who engages in sports |
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| Synonyms | sportsman, sportswoman |
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| Broader (hypernym) | athlete, jock |
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6. | sport (person) (biology) an organism that has characteristics resulting from chromosomal alteration |
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| Synonyms | mutant, mutation, variation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | being, organism |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | freak, lusus naturae, monster, monstrosity |
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| Domain category | biological science, biology |
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7. | sport (communication) verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) |
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| Samples | He became a figure of fun. He said it in sport.
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| Synonyms | fun, play |
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| Broader (hypernym) | humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clowning, comedy, drollery, funniness, jocosity, jocularity, paronomasia, pun, punning, waggery, waggishness, wordplay |
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