sportingadjective
uk/ˈspɔː.tɪŋ/us/ˈspɔːrt.ɪŋ/relating to sports:
The Olympics is the biggest sporting event in the world.
old-fashioned showing fairness and respect towards an opposing team or player
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- a sporting idol
- the sporting calendar
- We offer our guests a wide range of sporting activities.
- Corporate-hospitality firms make block bookings at big sporting events.
- He was always very proud of his son's sporting prowess.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Competing in sport
- amateur
- attack
- away
- bring
- bring sb on
- bye
- bye week
- catch up
- contention
- contest
- cup-tied
- go in for sth
- partner
- run
- sideline
- square off
- step/move up a gear idiom
- try out for sth
- vs
- weigh in
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