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# sport

«sport» in Mova's school dictionary: **a game or activity where you move your body and follow…** — 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 (a sport, sports; sport, uncountable); verb (sport, sports, sported, sporting — to wear proudly); adjective sporty, sporting

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sport is a game or activity where you move your body and follow rules, often to win: football, swimming, netball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#m1)

2) Sport (uncountable, UK) or sports (USA) means all these activities together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#m2)

3) A good sport is someone who plays fairly and is kind whether they win or lose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#m3)

4) To sport something means to wear it to show it off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#m4)

5) Sport can also mean fun or teasing, as in "make sport of someone," which means to make fun of them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In PE (physical education) lessons pupils play sports to keep fit and learn teamwork. In everyday life sport means teams, matches, clubs and watching on TV; popular sports differ by country (football/soccer, cricket, rugby, ice hockey, Australian football, baseball, Gaelic games). In safety, sport needs the right gear (helmets, shin pads, mouthguards). Phrases: play sport, team sport, sports day, a good sport, sports centre, water sports.

### examples

- My favourite sport is swimming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x1)
- We have sports day at school next week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x2)
- Football is called soccer in the USA, Canada and Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x3)
- Be a good sport and shake hands after the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x4)
- Ice hockey is a popular sport in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x5)
- Doing sport keeps your heart and muscles strong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x6)
- He was sporting a new pair of trainers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x7)
- Netball is a team sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x8)
- "Surely I've made sport enough for Woe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sport/#x9)

### note

The UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand usually say «sport» (I like sport); the USA and Canada say «sports» (I like sports). «Sports» is also used before nouns: sports car, sports bag. Being a good sport means accepting losing without anger.

### In the corpora

- [Many things people love depend on bodies, feelings and being human, such as watching people play sport.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/24-future-hopes/9/)
- [Sports teams already use AI to analyse games and players' movements; too much analysing can take the fun out of a game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/25-future-fears-rules/15/)
- [Documentaries are films about real life, like nature, history or sport, and the best ones are as gripping as any story.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/15/)
- [Breaking, or breakdancing, started in New York in the 1970s and was an Olympic sport for the first time at Paris 2024.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/9/)
- [You lose water when you sweat, so you should drink during and after sport, even before you feel thirsty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/6-skating-and-sports-safety/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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