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. Jaime Riquelme:

   This scandal changes little, we all knew money was changing hands. It happens in all sports, baseball, soccer, basketball.

2. Von Anhalt:

   Kevin is a grown-up, he made this decision. But thankfully, his father and I are good friends. We played soccer together. But whether his parents agreed to it or not, I was still going to do my search.

3. Football Association president Kuniya Daini:

   Even within FIFA there is a sense of impending crisis. There were suspicions before but no measures were taken and no self-cleansing functioned either, (Blatter) is the top figure in the world of soccer so in that sense he is responsible (for allegations).

4. Andrew Zimbalist:

   There is likely to be a small positive impulse from it in terms of soccer's popularity but it's not going to be a sea change.

5. Elizabeth Drew:

   In practice, we see soccer moms, we see professionals, we see teachers, we see young college students and high school students. Anyone can develop an addiction to an opiate.

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