Definitions for sporting
ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-sport·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlikeadjective

   exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

   "a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"

2. sportingadjective

   relating to or used in sports

   "sporting events"; "sporting equipment"

3. sportingadjective

   involving risk or willingness to take a risk

   "a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"

4. dissipated, betting, card-playing, sportingadjective

   preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance

   "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sportingadjective

   Pertaining to sports

   He got a job in a sporting goods store.

2. sportingadjective

   Exhibiting sportsmanship.

   Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.

3. sportingadjective

   Having a reasonable chance of success.

   A sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long-shot?

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sporting

   Sporting refers to the participation, involvement or engagement in sports or any physical activities that are often competitive and require specific skills or physical abilities. It can also refer to exhibiting qualities associated with sports, such as fair play, enthusiasm, or good spirit.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Sporting

   of Sport

2. Sportingadjective

   of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sporting

   Relating to sport.

   The sporting behaviour of the athletes was so beautiful to see, the unity, hugs, song all so amazing.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 17, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sporting' in Adjectives Frequency: #989

How to pronounce sporting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sporting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sporting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sporting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sporting in a Sentence

1. Mike Friday:

   The big thing in America is, if you can't be an NFL player, an NBA play or a baseball player, (but) you can be an Olympian, then that's the next best thing, the Olympics captures the imagination of the sporting public in America. If rugby can position itself and we can do well as an Olympic sport, then all of a sudden it will hit the eyes of so many more Americans.

2. Bruce Campbell:

   Alright you Primitive Screwheads, listen up! You see this? This... is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart's top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That's right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It's got a walnut stock, cobalt blue steel, and a hair trigger. That's right. Shop smart. Shop S-Mart. You got that?

3. Tugrul Aksar:

   Otherwise those clubs will lose their sporting competitiveness in the medium and long term.

4. Péter Szijjártó:

   In Hungary we have passed a law to protect Hungarian children, and now in Western Europe they are griping about it, they want to express this by including politics in a sporting event, which has nothing to do with the passing of national laws.

5. Russian President Vladimir Putin:

   We all know the situation developing around Mr Blatter right now. I don't want to go into details but I don't believe a word about him being inolved in corruption personally, i think people like Mr Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition. If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sporting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sporting
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sporting