Definitions for sportingˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sport•ingˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-(adj.)
engaging in or favoring esp. outdoor sports.
Category: Sport
concerned with or suitable for such sports:
sporting equipment.
Category: Sport
befitting a sportsman; fair.
Category: Sport
interested in or connected with gambling.
Category: Sport
Origin of sporting:
1590–1600
sport′ing•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlike(adj)
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
sporting(adj)
relating to or used in sports
"sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
sporting(adj)
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
"a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
dissipated, betting, card-playing, sporting(adj)
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"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
sporting(adjective)ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-
relating to sport
sporting champions
sportingˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-
behaving fairly and reasonably when competing in sport
tricks that aren't very sporting
sportingˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-
a reasonable likelihood that sth will happen
aiming to give less privileged children a sporting chance in life
Wiktionary
sporting(Adjective)
Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
sporting(Adjective)
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
sporting(Adjective)
Having a reasonable chance of success.
A sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long-shot?
Webster Dictionary
Sporting(u)
of Sport
Sporting(adj)
of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports
Translations for sporting
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- sportverwantAfrikaans

- رِياضيArabic

- спортенBulgarian

- do desportoPortuguese (BR)

- sportovníCzech

- sportlichGerman

- sports-Danish

- αθλητικός, φίλαθλοςGreek

- deportivoSpanish

- spordi-Estonian

- urheilu-Finnish

- sportifFrench

- -סְפּוֹרטHebrew

- खेलकूद काHindi

- sportski, koji se bavi sportomCroatian

- sport-Hungarian

- olahragaIndonesian

- íþrótta-Icelandic

- sportivoItalian

- スポーツのJapanese

- 스포츠의Korean

- sportoLithuanian

- sporta-; sportisksLatvian

- sukanMalay

- sport-Dutch

- idretts-, sports-Norwegian

- sportowyPolish

- do desportoPortuguese

- sportivRomanian

- спортивныйRussian

- športovýSlovak

- športenSlovenian

- sportskiSerbian

- sport-, idrotts-Swedish

- ที่เกี่ยวกับกีฬาThai

- sportifTurkish

- 運動的Chinese (Trad.)

- спортивнийUkrainian

- کھیل کود سے متعلقUrdu

- thuộc, liên quan đến thể thaoVietnamese

- 运动的Chinese (Simp.)

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