Sports / A2

SPORT/spɔːt/

Football, tennis, and swimming are each a sport — a physical game or activity. Play sport, a team sport, do sport. In British English, sport can be uncountable; sports is common too. A game can be a board game as well. Exercise is activity for health, not always a match. An athlete is the person.

Meaning

A game or activity such as football that needs physical effort.

Examples

• “Her favourite sport is cricket.”
• “He does a lot of sport at the weekend.”
• “Which sport do you watch on television?”

Good to know

play / do sport. Uncountable sport is common in BrE. Health activity: exercise.

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