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There will soon be streams of data coming from all manner of products - appliances, clothing, sporting goods, you name it. Wouldn't you rather live in a world where you can export the data from your son's football helmet to a new app that monitors force and impact against a cohort of high school players around the country?
John Battelle

Meaning of "sporting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPORTING

sporting  [ˈspɔːtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPORTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sporting is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SPORTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sporting

Sporting may refer to: ▪ Sport, recreational games and play. It may also refer to a sporting club: ▪ Sporting Clube de Portugal, a sports club from Lisbon, Portugal. ▪ Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut, a sports club from Beirut, Lebanon. ▪ A.O. Sporting BC Athens, Greek professional basketball team. ▪ Sporting Cristal, a football club from Lima, Peru. ▪ Sporting Clube da Covilhã, a sports club from Covilhã, Portugal. ▪ Sporting Clube de Braga, a sports club from Braga, Portugal. ▪ Real Sporting de Gijón, a football club from Gijón, Spain. ▪ Sporting Charleroi, a football club from Charleroi, Belgium. ▪ Sporting Clube de Goa, a sports club from Goa, India. ▪ Sporting Kansas City, a soccer club from Kansas City, Kansas, USA. The term sporting was formerly used as a euphemism to refer to ▪ Red-light districts ▪ Prostitution ▪ Gambling...

Definition of sporting in the English dictionary

The first definition of sporting in the dictionary is of, relating to, or used or engaged in a sport or sports. Other definition of sporting is relating or conforming to sportsmanship; fair. Sporting is also of, relating to, or characterized by an interest in gambling.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPORTING


cheating
ˈtʃiːtɪŋ
computing
kəmˈpjuːtɪŋ
eating
ˈiːtɪŋ
greeting
ˈɡriːtɪŋ
heating
ˈhiːtɪŋ
importing
ɪmˈpɔːtɪŋ
meeting
ˈmiːtɪŋ
nonsporting
nɒnˈspɔːtɪŋ
recruiting
rɪˈkruːtɪŋ
reporting
rɪˈpɔːtɪŋ
ripsnorting
ˈrɪpˌsnɔːtɪŋ
seating
ˈsiːtɪŋ
shooting
ˈʃuːtɪŋ
snorting
ˈsnɔːtɪŋ
sorting
ˈsɔːtɪŋ
Storthing
ˈstɔːtɪŋ
Storting
ˈstɔːtɪŋ
supporting
səˈpɔːtɪŋ
troubleshooting
ˈtrʌbəlʃuːtɪŋ
unsporting
ʌnˈspɔːtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPORTING

sportfishing
sportful
sportfully
sportfulness
sportier
sporties
sportiest
sportif
sportily
sportiness
sporting gun
sporting house
sportingly
sportive
sportively
sportiveness
sportless
sports
sports bag
sports bra

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPORTING

accounting
blokarting
cold starting
comforting
darting
discomforting
disconcerting
diverting
go-carting
go-karting
karting
parallel importing
parting
self-asserting
self-supporting
shirting
skirting
smirting
sweethearting
undiverting
water parting

Synonyms and antonyms of sporting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPORTING»

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

Translation of «sporting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPORTING

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

Translator English - Chinese

与体育运动有关的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

deportivo
570 millions of speakers

English

sporting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرياضية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спортивное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esportivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেলি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sportif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sukan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sport-
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運動用の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스포츠의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Olahraga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thể thao
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விளையாட்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पोर्टिंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sportivo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sportowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спортивне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sportiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αθλητικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sport
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sporting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sporting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sporting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPORTING»

The term «sporting» is very widely used and occupies the 4.400 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPORTING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SPORTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sporting.
1
Dianna Agron
I was on the yearbook staff, so I would take out film cameras and Nikons and take photos around school and at sporting events and things like that. We had a darkroom as well. I just loved it. I also saved up for a video camera to video my friends and cut and paste the videos together and I gave them to all of my friends for graduation.
2
Anthony Albanese
The sporting fields where Australia's greats began their careers are built and rebuilt with Commonwealth help, as are the halls and community centres where our most of our well-known stars first felt the magic of the stage.
3
Richard Attias
In the organization of any major sporting event or the planning of a building, long-term thinking is key.
4
Richard Attias
Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.
5
Richard Attias
Sporting achievements bestow a sense of unification on the cultures and societies in which they take place and create an outpouring of nationalism and pride.
6
Richard Attias
Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event.
7
Abhishek Bachchan
When I was in school, sport was given utmost importance. I think it's fantastic for character building, for team playing, and I think it's a great profile for a nation. One in every six people on Earth is an Indian, and I look forward to the day when we can compete with the heavyweights of the sporting world and do well in the medal tally.
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John Battelle
There will soon be streams of data coming from all manner of products - appliances, clothing, sporting goods, you name it. Wouldn't you rather live in a world where you can export the data from your son's football helmet to a new app that monitors force and impact against a cohort of high school players around the country?
9
Michael Bay
I look at directing as a sporting event. It's a race, a marathon. It's great when it clicks, which is why I push my crews so hard so we can excel.
10
Harsha Bhogle
In sports teams, apart from talk of sporting prowess and the imparting of inspirational thought, an extraordinary amount of time is spent discussing, and flaunting, material possessions.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPORTING»

Discover the use of sporting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sporting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shooting Sporting Clays
"Provides the reader all he or she needs to begin ... learning the art of shooting a shotgun proficiently.
Mark Brannon, Tom Hanrahan, 2011
2
International Handbook on the Economics of Mega Sporting Events
This insightful new Handbook addresses a number of central questions, including: How are host cities selected and under what economic conditions? How are these events organized, and how is local resistance overcome?
Wolfgang Maennig, Andrew S. Zimbalist, 2012
3
Australia's Sporting Success: The Inside Story
Bloomfield traces the development of Australian sport from the early 19th century to the modern day institutions that drive our sporting success.
John Bloomfield, 2003
4
The Global Sporting Arms Race: An International Comparative ...
Over the last few decades the power struggle between nations to win medals in major international competitions has intensified.
Jerry Bingham, Simon Shibli, 2008
5
Great Australian Sporting Moments
"This is a fully illustrated book highlighting some memorable moments in Australian sporting history."--Provided by publisher.
Michael Roberts, Michael Tormey, 2008
6
Sporting Females: Critical Issues in the History and ...
An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. The author presents sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention.
Jennifer Hargreaves, 2002
7
Sporting Magazine
Lynedoch, Lord, death of, 6. Mansfield, Lord, anecdote of, 252. March, hints for trolling in, 177. Marsh-boots for sportsmen, the best makers of, 31, 116, 426. Martingales, use and abuse of the difl'erent kinds of, 365. Mary lebone Cricket Club, ...
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Sporting Rhetoric: Performance, Games, and Politics
Millions of people around the world are engaged in sports and games. This volume studies the ways in which engagement is performed in popular culture. We do not just watch football -- we perform by being a fan.
Barry Brummett, 2009
9
Sporting Equality: Title IX Thirty Years Later
This volume will be of interest to specialists in the sociology of sports, women's studies scholars, and sports educators.
Rita James Simon
10
The Gun Digest Book of Sporting Shotguns
Whether you are a hunter, clay target shooter or just someone who loves great shotguns, this handy reference guide is for you.
Kevin Michalowski, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPORTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sporting is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Vancouver Whitecaps 0, Sporting Kansas City 1 | MLS Match Recap
VANCOUVER, BC - Sporting Kansas City spoiled the Vancouver Whitecaps' homecoming party with a 1-0 victory at BC Place after the Caps returned from ... «MLSsoccer.com, Jul 15»
2
Nani ready for 'new opportunity' in Turkey
The 28-year-old Portugal international, who spent last season on loan at Sporting Lisbon, was greeted by huge crowds on Sunday evening as he jetted in ahead ... «SkySports, Jul 15»
3
Southampton sign Cedric Soares from Sporting Lisbon
He was sent off as 10-man Sporting came from 2-0 behind to defeat Braga and win the Portuguese Cup in May. Southampton will compete in the third qualifying ... «BBC Sport, Jun 15»
4
Sporting Kansas City 4, FC Dallas 0 | MLS Match Recap
KANSAS CITY, Kan. – It would probably be easier to list the Sporting Kansas City players who didn't figure in Friday night's total bossing of FC Dallas. «MLSsoccer.com, May 15»
5
Sporting KC and Colorado Rapids reschedule postponed match for …
Saturday's regular season match between Sporting Kansas City and the Colorado Rapids, postponed prior to kickoff due to inclement weather, was rescheduled ... «Sporting Kansas City, May 15»
6
Gregory Mertens dies three days after collapsing in Sporting
Sporting Lokeren have announced the death of their defender Gregory Mertens, who collapsed during a reserve match on Monday. Photograph: ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
7
Recap: Sporting KC rallies for dramatic 4-4 draw at Houston …
Sporting Kansas City rallied from a two-goal deficit with three goals in the final 20 minutes for a thrilling 4-4 draw at the Houston Dynamo on Saturday. «Sporting Kansas City, Apr 15»
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Recap: Sporting KC scores twice in stoppage time for 3-2 comeback …
Playing the team's 600th all-time regular season match, Sporting Kansas City came from behind for a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Philadelphia Union on ... «Sporting Kansas City, Apr 15»
9
Wilson Sporting Goods to Buy Louisville Slugger Bats
Louisville Slugger will remain an independent brand once the deal is completed, said Mike Dowse, president of Wilson Sporting Goods. That means the ... «DailyFinance, Mar 15»
10
Nani still hopeful of Manchester United future when Sporting loan ends
Portuguese winger Nani says he loves Manchester United and is open to the possibility of staying at the club when his season-long loan with Sporting Lisbon ... «SkySports, Feb 15»

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