footballnoun
uk/ˈfʊt.bɔːl/us/ˈfʊt.bɑːl/A1 [ U ] UK also mainly US soccer a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other team's goal:
a football player/team
He's playing football.
Are you coming to the football match?
I'm not a big football fan.
[ U ] US UK American football a game for two teams of eleven players in which an oval ball is moved along the field by running with it or throwing it:
a football game
A1 [ C ] a large ball made of leather or plastic and filled with air, used in games of football
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- My father took me to watch the football every Saturday.
- The national anthems of the teams are played at the beginning of a big international football match.
- He is arguably the world's best football player.
- After retiring as a football manager, he worked as a commentator.
- The crowd were chanting the name of their football team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Football/soccer
- 18-yard box
- 2 3 5
- 4 3 2 1
- 4 4 2
- 4 5 1
- crossbar
- feint
- footballing
- futsal
- game 39
- game ball
- ghost goal
- give-and-go
- relegation
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scissor kick
- seal dribble
- shin guard
- shin pad
- stoppage
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