Meaning of sporting | Babel Free
ˈspɔɹtɪŋDefinitions
- The act of taking part in a sport.
- present participle and gerund of sport
- Pertaining to sports
- Exhibiting sportsmanship
- Fair, generous; game
- Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities
Equivalents
Examples
“[…] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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