Definitions for Sporting
ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-Sport·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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?

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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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. Anne Hidalgo:

   These very useful exchanges confirmed it makes sense for Paris to bid for this unique sporting event.

2. Daniel Geey:

   In a lot of cases the idea that an agent knows the club very well, and knows the inner workings of the chief executive, chief scout, sporting director, managing director etc. can work to the advantage of the player, there is no doubt that there's always going to be few high profile guys doing the biggest deals, it's as simple as that.

3. Joe Favorito:

   You go to a concert or a sporting event and everyone has a screen, especially with baseball and the NFL... You've got all that downtime to engage with fans one on one. It keeps people in seats longer, give teams the ability to sell more product, makes fans follow stats more closely, and helps them connect with each other more within the stadium.

4. Luke Milton:

   We definitely work hard in a sporting environment for each other and harder than we would have for a stranger.

5. Doug Boles:

   You need to be here early, it is going to be a little more challenging to get to the world's largest single day sporting event, come early, plan how you are going to get here and be very patient throughout that process.

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