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 Definitions of sporting  [ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-]  

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Definition of 'sporting' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) sporting
engaging in or favoring esp. outdoor sports.

2.  sporting
concerned with or suitable for such sports:
sporting equipment.

3.  sporting
befitting a sportsman; fair.

4.  sporting
interested in or connected with gambling.

Etymology:  (1590–1600)

Definition of 'sporting' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"

2. (adj) sporting
relating to or used in sports
"sporting events"; "sporting equipment"

3. (adj) sporting
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
"a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"

4. (adj) dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting
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"


Definition of 'sporting' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) sporting
relating to sport
sporting champions

2.  sporting
behaving fairly and reasonably when competing in sport
tricks that aren't very sporting

3.  sporting
sporting chance
a reasonable likelihood that sth will happen
aiming to give less privileged children a sporting chance in life


Definition of 'sporting' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) sporting
of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports

2.  sporting
of Sport


Translation of 'sporting' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: of, or concerned with, sports
the sporting world.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sportverwant Arabic flag Arabic: رِياضي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: спортен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: do desporto Czech flag Czech: sportovní German flag German: sportlich
Danish flag Danish: sports- Greek flag Greek: αθλητικός, φίλαθλος Spanish flag Spanish: deportivo
Estonian flag Estonian: spordi- Finnish flag Finnish: urheilu- French flag French: sportif
Hebrew flag Hebrew: -סְפּוֹרט Hindi flag Hindi: खेलकूद का Croatian flag Croatian: sportski, koji se bavi sp
Hungarian flag Hungarian: sport- Indonesian flag Indonesian: olahraga Icelandic flag Icelandic: íþrótta-
Italian flag Italian: sportivo Japanese flag Japanese: スポーツの Korean flag Korean: 스포츠의
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sporto Latvian flag Latvian: sporta-; sportisks Malay flag Malay: sukan
Dutch flag Dutch: sport- Norwegian flag Norwegian: idretts-, sports- Polish flag Polish: sportowy
Portuguese flag Portuguese: do desporto Romanian flag Romanian: sportiv Russian flag Russian: спортивный
Slovak flag Slovak: športový Slovenian flag Slovenian: športen Serbian flag Serbian: sportski
Swedish flag Swedish: sport-, idrotts- Thai flag Thai: ที่เกี่ยวกับกีฬา Turkish flag Turkish: sportif
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 運動的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: спортивний Urdu flag Urdu: کھیل کود سے متعلق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: thuộc, liên quan đến thể Chinese flag Chinese: 运动的

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