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# netball

«netball» in Mova's school dictionary: **a team game, popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (netball — uncountable; a netball — the ball)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Netball is a team game, popular in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and other Commonwealth countries, in which two teams of seven try to throw a ball through a high ring with a net to score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#m1)

2) A netball is the ball used in this game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE lessons netball teaches passing, catching, footwork and teamwork. Players cannot run with the ball or dribble; they must pass within three seconds. Each player has a position shown on their bib (GS, GA, WA, C, WD, GD, GK) and can go only in certain areas. Only the goal shooter and goal attack can score. Phrases: «play netball», «netball team», «netball court», «netball bib».

### examples

- We play netball in PE on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x1)
- You can't run while holding the ball in netball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x2)
- She plays goal shooter in the netball team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x3)
- Netball is very popular in New Zealand and Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x4)
- Pass the netball within three seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x5)
- Our netball team won the tournament. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x6)
- Put on your netball bib before the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x7)
- A netball goal is worth one point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/netball/#x8)

### note

Uncountable as a game («play netball», not «a netball» game). Netball ≠ basketball: netball has no backboard, no dribbling, and fixed positions. Maths: each goal scores 1 point, so 18 goals = 18 points.

### In the corpora

- [But by month three Maddie misses two Saturdays because of netball, and Lily feels forgotten.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/463-the-best-friend-who-moves-away/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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