Meaning of sport In English

• 0 a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job:

  • Football, basketball, and hockey are all team sports.

  • I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.

  • She used to do/play a lot of sport when she was younger.

• 1 a pleasant, positive, generous person who does not complain about things they are asked to do or about games that they lose:

  • Oh, Douglas - be a (good) sport and give me a lift to the station.

  • [ as form of address ] Hello sport - how are you?

• 2 to wear or be decorated with something:

  • Back in the 1960s he sported platform heels and hair down past his shoulders.

  • The front of the car sported a German flag.

• 3 a game, competition, or similar activity, done for enjoyment or as a job, that takes physical effort and skill and is played or done by following particular rules:

  • [ C ] Football, baseball, and basketball are all team sports.

  • [ U ] Do you hunt for sport or in order to eat?

• 4 a person who has a good attitude about playing a game or having to do something:

  • He was a very bad sport when he lost a game.

  • Be a sport and take your little sister to the movies with you.

• 5 to wear or be decorated with something:

  • Back in the 1960s he sported bellbottoms and long hair.