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• there are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
• i'm not interested in sport.
• it's very difficult to make a career in professional sport.
• do you do any sport?

sport

1. activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules
• There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation.
• I'm not interested in sport.
• It's very difficult to make a career in professional sport.
• Do you do any sport?
• Do you play any sports?
• the use of drugs in sport

Extra Examples

• Australians love sport.
• He enjoys sport, reading and travelling.
• His only hobby is watching sport on TV.
• He's a sporting icon even for people who don't like sport.
• Playing competitive sport helped me develop as a person.
• There are a lot of job opportunities in the sport and leisure industry.
• She has a real passion for sport.
• We encourage the children to get involved in sport.
• a campaign to promote sports among women
• He does a lot of sport.
• Did you do any sport at school?
• We played sports together when we were kids.
• Did you play any sports in high school?
• Sports coverage in the local newspaper is good.
• government funding for sports programmes for girls and women
• The council has allocated an extra £11 million to a new community sports club.
• sports betting on the internet
• the construction of a new $250-million sports arena
• the school sports day
• sports shoes
2. a particular form of sport
• SEE ALSO blood sport
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/blood-sport
• What's your favourite sport?
• Netball is the number one team sport played by women in England.

Extra Examples

• I need to take up a sport to get fit.
• Why not learn to paint or play a sport?
• In the 1960s, the Soviet Union dominated the sport of gymnastics.
• In theory, basketball is a non-contact sport.
• After a serious knee injury the player was advised to quit the sport.
• We started a bodybuilding magazine to promote the sport.
• popular field sports such as football
• the sport of boxing
• Football has been a professional sport for a long time.
• Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Games.
• Many dancers also take part in a competitive sport such as volleyball.
• Two of the most popular sports among the boys are basketball and Thai boxing.
• Outdoor sports enthusiasts, such as climbers and skiers, often use handheld GPS devices.
• In winter we prefer an indoor sport like squash or badminton.
• She claimed fox-hunting continues even though the sport has been banned.
• the inherent dangers of adventure sports such as mountaineering
• Which is the country's most popular spectator sport?
• skiing, skating and other winter sports
3. used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially a man
• How are you doing, sport?
• Good on you, sport!
4. pleasure or fun
• The comments were only made in sport.
• to make sport of (= to joke about) somebody/something
5. a plant or an animal that is clearly and definitely different from its usual type
6. to be unpleasant or unhelpful, especially in a difficult situation or when you have lost a game
7. to be generous, cheerful and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation or when you have lost a game
• She's a good sport.
• Go on, be a sport (= used when asking somebody to help you).

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘pastime, entertainment’): shortening of disport.