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Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.
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Meaning of "football" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FOOTBALL

football  [ˈfʊtˌbɔːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOOTBALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Football is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FOOTBALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

football

Football

Football refers to a number of sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball with the foot to score a goal. The most popular of these sports worldwide is association football, more commonly known as just "football" or "soccer". Unqualified, the word football applies to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears, including association football, as well as American football, Australian rules football, Canadian football, Gaelic football, rugby league, rugby union, and other related games. These variations of football are known as football codes. Various forms of football can be identified in history, often as popular peasant games. Contemporary codes of football can be traced back to the codification of these games at English public schools in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The influence and power of the British Empire allowed these rules of football to spread to areas of British influence outside of...

Definition of football in the English dictionary

The definition of football in the dictionary is the ball used in any of these games or their variants. Other definition of football is a problem, issue, etc, that is continually passed from one group or person to another and treated as a pretext for argument instead of being resolved.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOOTBALL


baseball
ˈbeɪsˌbɔːl
basketball
ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl
cannonball
ˈkænənˌbɔːl
eyeball
ˈaɪˌbɔːl
fastball
ˈfɑːstˌbɔːl
fireball
ˈfaɪəˌbɔːl
foosball
ˈfuːsˌbɔːl
handball
ˈhændˌbɔːl
meatball
ˈmiːtˌbɔːl
netball
ˈnɛtˌbɔːl
oddball
ˈɒdˌbɔːl
patball
ˈpætˌbɔːl
pinball
ˈpɪnˌbɔːl
puffball
ˈpʌfˌbɔːl
racquetball
ˈrækɪtˌbɔːl
snowball
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːl
softball
ˈsɒftˌbɔːl
spitball
ˈspɪtˌbɔːl
trackball
ˈtrækˌbɔːl
volleyball
ˈvɒlɪˌbɔːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOOTBALL

footbag
football game
football ground
football hooligan
football hooliganism
football league
football match
football pitch
football player
football pools
football season
football special
football supporter
footballene
footballer
footballing
footballist
footbar
footbath
footboard

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOOTBALL

American football
association football
ball
Canadian football
crystal ball
eyeball to eyeball
fantasy football
five-a-side football
Gaelic football
golf ball
gumball
league football
on the ball
play-the-ball
political football
rugby football
table football
total football
touch football
wrecking ball

Synonyms and antonyms of football in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOOTBALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «football» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of football

Translation of «football» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOOTBALL

Find out the translation of football to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of football from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «football» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

足球
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fútbol
570 millions of speakers

English

football
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फुटबॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كُرَةُ القَدَم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

футбол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

futebol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুটবল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

football
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bola sepak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fußball
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フットボール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

축구
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bal-balan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bóng đá
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கால்பந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुटबॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Futbol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

calcio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

piłka nożna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

футбол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fotbal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ποδόσφαιρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sokker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fotboll
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fotball
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of football

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOTBALL»

The term «football» is very widely used and occupies the 1.872 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOOTBALL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «football» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «football» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about football

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10 QUOTES WITH «FOOTBALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word football.
1
James Balog
Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been turned into a political football primarily by the climate deniers who have a vested interested in maintaining the status quo. That includes certain industrial interests, financial interests and political interests.
2
Franz Beckenbauer
The trouble for today's footballers is they have too many distractions. We used to get our old players coming to watch training with football magazines in their hands. Now, more often than not, they are checking the share prices.
3
Franz Beckenbauer
German football is like English football. The Germans and the English do not play like a Brazilian side. They have to improve, bring up their young players, who have character.
4
Sepp Blatter
FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.
5
Jimmy Breslin
Football is a game designed to keep coal miners off the streets.
6
Paul Brown
Football is a game of errors. The team that makes the fewest errors in a game usually wins.
7
Timothy F. Cahill
No money in this world could convince me to play for Liverpool. That's not a lack of respect for Liverpool supporters or the football club. It's respect for the Everton supporters. You just can't do that. It goes against everything that I stand for. No chance.
8
Timothy F. Cahill
I remember cleaning boots at Millwall on £250 a week and feeling like a millionaire. I'd made it then. At that time, if I never played for another club it wouldn't have bothered me too much because I'd made it with a football team in England.
9
James Corden
I'm very proud of 'Gavin and Stacey,' but I think I have to write something else even to start to consider myself a writer. Just because you do something once, it doesn't mean that's who you are. I played football last night; it doesn't mean I'm a footballer.
10
Kenny Cunningham
I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTBALL»

Discover the use of football in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to football and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood
The bestselling inspirational book in which the author reunites with a childhood football hero, now a minister and coach, and witnesses a revelatory demonstration of the true meaning of manhood.
Jeffrey Marx, 2007
2
Football
"An introduction to football, including techniques, rules, and the training regimen of professional athletes in the sport"--Provided by publisher.
Clive Gifford, 2010
3
Football: The Math of the Game
"Presents the mathematical concepts involved with the sport of football"--Provided by publisher.
Shane Frederick, 2012
4
Football Genius
Troy White can predict any football play before it happens. And when his single mom gets a job with the Atlanta Falcons, Troy knows it's his big chance to help them out of their slump—and finally prove his football genius.
Tim Green, 2009
5
My Football Book
Football is fun--let's play! Find all the basics in this lively guide.
Gail Gibbons, 2000
6
Offensive Football Strategies
Articles written by many of football's greatest coaching strategists examine successful offensive philosophies, systems, formations, and plays from the past forty years.
‎2000
7
Football Against The Enemy
Simon Kuper travelled to 22 countries from South Africa to Italy, from Russia to the USA, to examine the way football has shaped them.
Simon Kuper, 2011
8
Football: Rules, Tips, Strategy, and Safety
Offers an introduction to the history, techniques, equipment, and rules of football.
Brian Wingate, 2007
9
Arnsparger's Coaching Defensive Football
This is a complete defensive football coaching course packed into a single, hands-on reference. Students and athletes will learn from a master-and fans will find out what's behind the moves.
Bill Arnsparger, 1998
10
Football English: Soccer Vocabulary for Learners of English
Who is this book for? For learners of English who want to talk about football (soccer) in English.
Tom Challenger, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOTBALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term football is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Football: Oly Whites to miss Olympics due to ineligible player - Sport …
New Zealand will not have a men's football team at the Rio Olympics after the side were stripped of their place in tonight's Olympic qualifier final ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
Tyler Wilson sounds resigned to finding a life after football
When Tyler Wilson was chosen by the Raiders in the fourth round of the 2013 NFL draft, he figured he had a long football career ahead of him. «NBCSports.com, Jul 15»
3
Talented Fuller brothers aim to inspire at their first family football camp
Fuller, a former NFL player, his parents and brothers, hosted the Fuller Family Football Camp at Woodlawn High School for players ages 8-18 ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
4
Micronesia's humiliation on football field understandable - Stuff.co.nz
British newspapers and social media pundits are having fun at Micronesia's expense at the moment. The Micronesian football team is being ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
5
Report: Bars Now Off Limits For Florida State Football Players
After a meeting with head coach Jimbo Fisher on Saturday morning, Florida State football players have been told bars are off limits, according ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
6
Notebook: Ferrante Dominique takes job as Peabody football assistant
Mike Dugan, who spent one season as football coach at St. John-Plaquemine, has joined the Plaquemine football staff as a defensive assistant ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
7
Southport's Scruggs considering playing football this season
How would Paul Scruggs, one of the country's top high school basketball prospects, look in a football uniform? It probably depends on your ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
8
U of L football notes | No starting QB yet - The Courier-Journal
During the college football doldrums of mid-July, Louisville coach Bobby Petrino's extended remarks on his Cardinals' offseason work served ... «The Courier-Journal, Jul 15»
9
AJ McCarron finds 'special memories' at his first football camp | AL.com
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback AJ McCarron throws a pass during his USA Football FUNdamentals clinic at Baker High School's Hornet Field ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
10
SEC football anticipation will grow with Media Days | Local News …
University of Alabama football coach Nick Saban will speak Wednesday morning at Southeastern Conference Media Days in Hoover, Ala. «Chattanooga Times Free Press, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Football [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/football>. Apr 2024 ».
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