Definitions for tennis
ˈtɛn ɪsten·nis

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tennis, lawn tennisnoun

   a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tennisnoun

   A sport played by either two or four players with strung racquets, a 2½" (6.4 cm) ball, and a net approximately 3 feet high on a clay, grass, or cement court.

2. Etymology: tenez, second-person imperative of tenir.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tennisnoun

   A play at which a ball is driven with a racket.

   Etymology: this play is supposed by Stephen Skinner to be so named from the word tenez, take it, hold it, or there it goes, used by the French when they drive the ball.

   The barber’s man hath been seen with him, and the old ornament of his cheek hath already stuffed tennis balls. William Shakespeare.

   There was he gaming, there o’ertook in’s rowse,
   There falling out at tennis. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   A prince, by a hard destiny, became a tennis ball long to the blind goddess. James Howell, Vocal Forest.

   It can be no more disgrace to a great lord to draw a fair picture, than to play at tennis with his page. Henry Peacham.

   The inside of the uvea is blacked like the walls of a tennis court, that the rays falling upon the retina may not, by being rebounded thence upon the uvea, be returned again; for such a repercussion would make the sight more confused. Henry More, Antidote against Atheism.

   We conceive not a tennis ball to think, and consequently not to have any volition, or preference of motion to rest. John Locke.

   We have no exedra for the philosophers adjoining to our tennis court, but there are alehouses. Scriblerus Club .

2. To Tennisverb

   To drive as a ball.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Those four garisons issuing forth upon the enemy, will so drive him from one side to another, and tennis him amongst them, that he shall find no where safe to keep his feet in, nor hide himself. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tennis

   Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball validly will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society and at all ages. The sport can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections both to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis.The rules of modern tennis have changed little since the 1890s. Two exceptions are that until 1961 the server had to keep one foot on the ground at all times, and the adoption of the tiebreak in the 1970s. A recent addition to professional tennis has been the adoption of electronic review technology coupled with a point-challenge system, which allows a player to contest the line call of a point, a system known as Hawk-Eye.Tennis is played by millions of recreational players and is a popular worldwide spectator sport. The four Grand Slam tournaments (also referred to as the majors) are especially popular: the Australian Open, played on hardcourts; the French Open, played on red clay courts; Wimbledon, played on grass courts; and the US Open, also played on hardcourts.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tennis

   Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Tennisnoun

   a play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open hand

2. Tennisverb

   to drive backward and forward, as a ball in playing tennis

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tennis

   ten′is, n. an ancient game for two to four persons, played with ball and rackets within a building specially constructed for the purpose: lawn-tennis (q.v.), a modern imitation of the former.—ns. Tenn′is-ball, a ball used in the game of tennis; Tenn′is-court, a place or court for playing at tennis. [Skeat suggests O. Fr. tenies, pl. of tenie, a fillet—L. tænia.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Tennis

   A game played by two or four players with rackets and an elastic ball on a level court divided by a low net.

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TENNIS

   A game in which the participants enjoy a racket on the side and raise the deuce over a net, while the volleys drive them from set to set and love scores as often as it's mentioned.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TENNIS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tennis is ranked #17789 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tennis surname appeared 1,574 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Tennis.
   
   93.5% or 1,472 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 48 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.2% or 19 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 17 total occurrences were Black.
   0.7% or 12 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.3% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Court Game

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tennis' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3526

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tennis' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3523

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'tennis' in Nouns Frequency: #1453

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Anagrams for tennis »

1. nestin

2. sennit

3. sinnet

4. tensin

5. innest

How to pronounce tennis?

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 tennis in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tennis in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tennis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of tennis in a Sentence

1. Sloane Stephens:

   I ’m blessed with the most supportive family. They cheer for me in everything that I do, and my successes are their successes, my grandparents were my biggest fans and absolutely obsessed with tennis. I carry their love with me every day.

2. Russian Makarova:

   I have rediscovered my joy and passion for tennis and I am enjoying every minute.

3. Sally Bolton:

   We do have ground entry rules, and those ground entry rules are really focused on everyone’s quiet enjoyment of the tennis. So that’s not about what people are wearing; it’s about the way people behave.

4. Kei Nishikori:

   I will need to keep things simple and take my mind off tennis, i will probably play video games.

5. Denis Shapovalov:

   Matches like this is so much fun for me to play, this is why I play the sport, win or lose today, it’s one of the matches that I’m going to remember in my career just because ... the moment, the quality of tennis today, it was just so much fun to be out here.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=tennis
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tennis
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=tennis
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tennis
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=tennis
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=tennis
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
10. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=tennis