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# football

«football» in Mova's school dictionary: **a game where two teams try to kick a ball into the other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (football, footballs)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Football is a game where two teams try to kick a ball into the other team's goal; in the USA and Australia this game is called soccer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#m1)

2) In the USA, football means American football, played with an oval ball that is carried and thrown. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#m2)

3) In Australia, football can mean Australian rules football (footy) or rugby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#m3)

4) A football is also the ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: a game with teams, goals, scores and matches; footballs bought or counted; points tables. In PE and everyday life: playing football at break, football clubs, cheering at a match. Phrases: «play football», «football match», «football pitch» or «field», «football team», «football boots».

### examples

- The football team scored 3 goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x1)
- A football costs 12 dollars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x2)
- 22 players are on the field in a football match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x3)
- 15 children play football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x4)
- We play football at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x5)
- In America, football is played with an oval ball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x6)
- The football pitch was muddy after the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x7)
- He kicked the football over the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x8)
- Far and near he would go to any meetings, as football play or the like. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/#x9)

### note

Game: uncountable («play football», not «play a football»); ball: countable («a football»). The word means different games in different countries. Maths: the thing counted (balls, players, goals). Trap: a football team has 11 players on the field; the problem may expect you to know it.

### In the corpora

- [Freya wants the dragon film; her brother wants the football one; they shout.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/5/)
- [Some animals survive because they work as a team, like a football side where one keeps goal while the others run.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/241-team-players-and-partners-meerkats-naked-mole-rats-huddles-cleaners-and-lemmings/0/)
- [Squashed air pushes back hard, which is how bike tyres and footballs work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/4-solids-liquids-and-gases/8/)
- [Shin pads protect the shins in football.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/6-skating-and-sports-safety/14/)
- [In the UK, Ireland and most of the world, football means soccer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/248-soccer-american-football-and-baseball/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «football» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/football/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.