What does sporting mean?
Definitions for sporting
ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-sport·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word sporting.
Princeton's WordNet
clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlikeadjective
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
sportingadjective
relating to or used in sports
"sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
sportingadjective
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
"a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
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
sportingadjective
Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
sportingadjective
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
sportingadjective
Having a reasonable chance of success.
A sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long-shot?
Webster Dictionary
Sporting
of Sport
Sportingadjective
of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports
Editors Contribution
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
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Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sporting' in Adjectives Frequency: #989
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sporting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sporting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of sporting in a Sentence
For years, the District of Columbia has infringed on its residents’ Second Amendment rights and rendered them vulnerable to criminals who could care less what the gun laws are, this legislation will finally allow D.C.’s law-abiding residents and visitors access to firearms for sporting or lawful defense of themselves and their homes, businesses and families.
Protests happen regularly in our country, but in general when a sporting event starts, it takes over the news, it's very rare that in parallel there's a lot of social demands because fewer people listen.
A lot happened last year for him -- in terms of sports and his private life. In sporting terms, it was perhaps his best, in his private life perhaps the most difficult, tennis starts at 0-0 and that’s how I see it with him.
I always, whenever I am in a country and theyve got the opportunity or possibility of hosting a sporting event, I say, Go for it, because whatever the challenges of putting it on, youll reach a different group of people. ... Diplomacy and politics and geostrategy and all of that stuff is for a limited number of people, whereas sport it goes right out into the grassroots of communities all around the world.
If the sporting event provided it is done in a good way and in a way that is respectful of differences and harmonious and well put together usually having these events helps engage a country, even one with a difficult say, human rights record, with the outside world.
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