sports

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See also: Sports

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From sport +‎ -s.

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Noun

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sports

  1. plural of sport

Noun

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sports (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of sport (the class of physical activies; athletics)

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Verb

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sports

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sport

Verb

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sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)

  1. To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
    • 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:
      But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
    • 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:
      And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.

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French

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Noun

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sports m

  1. plural of sport

Latvian

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Sports (Rīgas maratons)

Etymology

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Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.

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Noun

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sports m (1st declension)

  1. sport, sports
    nodarboties ar sportuto occupy oneself with, to practice sports
    sporta veidi(types of) sports
    sporta būve / sporta bāzegymnasium, sports facility
    sporta skolasports school
    sporta medicīnasports medicine
    sporta meistarssports master
    cīņas sportsmartial arts (lit. fighting sports)
    slēpošana ir patīkams sportsskiing is an enjoyable sport
  2. activity about which one is passionate
    sēņošana viņam ir sportsmushroom picking is a sport to him

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Swedish

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Verb

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sports

  1. passive supine of spörja

Noun

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sports

  1. indefinite genitive singular of sport

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