Definitions for Basketball
ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt-Bas·ket·ball

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. basketball, basketball game, hoopsnoun

   a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop

2. basketballnoun

   an inflated ball used in playing basketball

Wiktionary(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. basketballnoun

   A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

2. basketballnoun

   The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Basketball

   A competitive team sport played on a rectangular court having a raised basket at each end.

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1. basketball

   A type of sport.

   Basketball is a team sport.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Ball
   • Basketball Equipment
   • Court Game

How to pronounce Basketball?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   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

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Basketball in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Basketball in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Basketball in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Basketball in a Sentence

1. Lindsey Graham:

   You are down to 15. You got three basketball teams. The bottomline is Scott made a decision best for Scott Walker and Scott Walker family, he's a very accomplished governor and it shows you just how hard it is running with this many people. That's what it shows.

2. Bryce Weiler:

   He changed my life, giving me the opportunity to experience college basketball, be part of a team, and to really be able to do things I’d dreamed of doing, i never thought I’d be able to experience college basketball being blind, but for four years I was able to do that.

3. Christopher Dunn:

   We think that that has not happened. They’ve been much too fast to pick up kids on unfounded allegations based on clumsy things like a basketball jersey that they might be wearing or something they posted on the internet which falls far short of the sort of evidence you want to see before somebody labels you a gang member.

4. Kimberly Schaal:

   There is nothing she loves more than basketball, for her to sit out a game to stand up for what she believes is right is huge, because all she wants is to be out on that court.

5. Todd Allen:

   No one works harder at his craft than Josh does, i don’t care what it is -- baseball, basketball, football, and he was a swimmer in the summers too. I just can’t say enough about him.

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