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Meaning of Boxing | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈbɒksɪŋ

Definitions

  1. A sport where two opponents punch each other with gloved fists to head and torso; the object being to score more points by the end of the match or by knockout, or technical knockout.
    uncountable
  2. Material used for making boxes or casing.
  3. Casing.
  4. Automatic conversion of value types to objects by wrapping them within a heap-allocated reference type.

Equivalents

Afrikaans boks
Български бокс
Bosanski boks
Català boxa
Čeština box boxerský
Dansk boksning
Deutsch boxen
Ελληνικά μποξ πυγμαχία
Esperanto boksado
Español box boxeo pugilismo
Français Boxe boxing pugilat
Gaeilge dornálaíocht
Galego boxeo
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kuʻi moko mokomoko
हिन्दी डिब्बाबंदी
Hrvatski boks
Magyar ökölvívás
Bahasa Indonesia boksen tinju
Íslenska box hnefaleikar
Italiano boxe pugilato
ქართული კრივი
Қазақша бокс
한국어 권투 복싱
Kurdî boks boksîng box
Latina pugilatio
Latviešu bokss
Te Reo Māori motomoto
Македонски бокс
Bahasa Melayu tinju
မြန်မာဘာသာ လက်ဝှေ့
Nederlands boksen
Português boxe
Română box
Русский бокс
Српски boks
Svenska boxning
Kiswahili ndondi
Tagalog boksing
Українська бокс
Tiếng Việt bốc đấm bốc quyền Anh quyền thuật

Examples

“So Ukraine is on the ropes. Using that boxing metaphor, one immediately thinks of the new world heavyweight champion, the Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, who was seemingly down and out under the ferocious assault of the giant Tyson Fury, but then came back to win on points at the end of a brutal 12 rounds.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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