- sport
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (BrE) (AmE sports) physical activity done for pleasureADJECTIVE▪ amateur, pro (informal, esp. AmE), professional▪ organized▪ youth▪ high-school (AmE), school (esp. BrE)▪ college (esp. AmE), collegiate (AmE), intercollegiate (AmE)▪ after-school▪ motor (usually motorsport in BrE, motorsports in AmE)VERB + SPORT/SPORTS▪ do, play▪
He does a lot of sport. (BrE)
▪We played sports together when we were kids. (esp. AmE)
▪ be involved in, get involved in, participate in▪We encourage the children to get involved in sport/sports.
▪ promote▪a campaign to promote sport/sports among women
SPORTS + NOUN▪ (The following nouns all follow sports in BrE and AmE.), event▪ arena, bar, centre (BrE), club, facilities, field (esp. BrE), ground, hall (esp. BrE), pavilion (BrE), stadium, venue▪the construction of a new $250-million sports arena
▪The council has allocated an extra £11 million to a new community sports club. (BrE)
▪ league (esp. AmE)▪ day (BrE)▪the school sports day
▪ programme/program (esp. AmE)▪government funding for sports programmes/programs for girls and women
▪ figure, hero, person (usually sportsperson), personality, star▪ team▪ enthusiast, fan▪ commentator▪ channel, coverage, news, page, section▪Sports coverage in the local newspaper is good.
▪ programme/program, show (esp. AmE)▪ columnist, correspondent, editor, journalist, photographer, reporter, writer▪ injury▪ medicine, nutrition▪ nutritionist, psychologist▪ bag▪ equipment▪ goods (BrE) (sporting goods in AmE)▪ bra, clothing▪ drink▪ book, movie▪It is one of the best sports books I have read.
▪ shop, store▪ betting▪sports betting on the Internet
▪ marketingPREPOSITION▪ in sport▪the use of drugs in sport (BrE)
▪the use of drugs in sports (AmE)
PHRASES▪ love for sport (BrE), love for sports (AmE), love of sport (BrE), love of sports (AmE), passion for sport (BrE), passion for sports (AmE)▪She has a real passion for sport/sport.
▪ the world of sport (BrE), the world of sports (AmE)2 particular type of sporting activityADJECTIVE▪ mainstream, major, popular▪popular sports such as football
▪ minor, minority (BrE)▪ competitive, recreational (esp. AmE)▪ Olympic▪ contact, non-contact▪In theory, basketball is a non-contact sport.
▪ active▪ dangerous, risky▪ spectator▪ indoor, outdoor▪ winter (usually winter sports)▪ individual, team▪ adventure, extreme (usually adventure sports, extreme sports)▪the inherent dangers of adventure sports such as mountaineering
▪ field (BrE)▪ country (BrE)▪ water (usually water sports)▪ combat▪Combat sports such as karate and judo carry with them the risk of injury.
▪ racket▪ equestrian▪ blood, cruel (esp. BrE)VERB + SPORT▪ take up▪I need to take up a sport to get fit.
▪ dominate▪In the 1960s, the Soviet Union dominated the sport of gymnastics.
▪ promote▪a campaign to promote the sport among young people
PREPOSITION▪ sport of▪the sport of boxing
PHRASES▪ love for a sport, love of a sport, passion for a sport▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She has a real passion for the sport.
verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
