Definitions for Soccer
ˈsɒk ərSoc·cer

Princeton's WordNet(1.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soccer, association footballnoun

   a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

Wiktionary(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. soccernoun

   To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

2. soccernoun

   a game in which two teams of eleven players contend to get a round ball into their opponent's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their feet

3. Etymology: Colloquial abbreviation for Association football, via abbreviation assoc.; earlier socca (1889), then socker (1891), with soccer attested 1895.

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1. Soccer

   Soccer is a video game produced by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo as part of its Sports Series for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It was released in Japan in 1985, and was released in the United States and in Europe in 1987. It was also released for the Family Computer Disk System in 1986. It is also available on the Wii's Virtual Console since 2006, to be bought from the Wii Shop Channel.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Soccer

   A game in which a round inflated ball is advanced by kicking or propelling with any part of the body except the hands or arms. The object of the game is to place the ball in opposite goals.

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1. soccer

   A type of sport.

   Soccer is a much loved sport the world over.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020  

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1. soccer

   Song lyrics by soccer -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by soccer on the Lyrics.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Football

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Soccer' in Nouns Frequency: #2518

How to pronounce Soccer?

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 Soccer in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Soccer in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Soccer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Soccer in a Sentence

1. Allegheny College:

   Posting the picture without the whole context was not my best choice, i was watching my 14-year-old son in his first-ever varsity soccer game for the Meadville High School in a stadium very, very physically distanced from every other person except my husband -- wearing masks.

2. Chilean Carlos Espinoza:

   It’s an interesting idea, it makes waiting (for the bus) less boring, it’s an ingenious way of giving a city a soccer atmosphere.

3. Mike Woods:

   Then it dawned on me that we are struggling so much to bring the millennial generation into the game of golf, yet that's the absolute target market for soccer.

4. Sanjay Patel:

   I‘ll die happy the day I see kids on the train here in Atlanta with soccer gear on going to play other kids.

5. Tony Blair:

   We thought, not that we had got rid of (racism in soccer), but we thought it had become completely beyond the pale for people to engage in it, and yet now its back. So I think thats something to watch.

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