Meaning of "sports day" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF SPORTS DAY

sports day  [spɔːts deɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPORTS DAY

Sports day 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 SPORTS DAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sports day

Sports days, sometimes referred to as field days, are events staged by many schools and offices in which people take part in competitive sporting activities, often with the aim of winning trophies or prizes. Though they are often held at the beginning of summer, they are also staged in the autumn or spring seasons, especially in countries where the summer is very harsh. Schools stage many sports days in which children participate in the sporting events. It is usually held in elementary schools, or grades Kindergarten-8th Grade. In schools which use a house system a feature of the school is the competition between the houses; this is especially brought out during sporting events such as an inter-house sports day. Games that are played on school sports days can be wide and varied. They can include straightforward sprints and longer races for all age groups as well as egg and spoon races. Three legged races are run as well as sack races and parent and child races. Additional games are traditionally run in Ireland and the UK, such as wheelbarrow races and games such as horseshoes.

Definition of sports day in the English dictionary

The definition of sports day in the dictionary is a day or afternoon on which school pupils compete in athletics contests such as races and the high jump.

TRANSLATION OF SPORTS DAY

Find out the translation of sports day to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sports day from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sports day» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 运动日
• Translator English - Spanish: día de los deportes
• English: sports day
• Translator English - Hindi: खेल दिवस
• Translator English - Arabic: اليوم الرياضي
• Translator English - Russian: спортивный день
• Translator English - Portuguese: dia de esportes
• Translator English - Bengali: ক্রীড়া দিবস
• Translator English - French: journée sportive
• Translator English - Malay: hari sukan
• Translator English - German: Sport-Tag
• Translator English - Japanese: 運動会
• Translator English - Korean: 스포츠 일
• Translator English - Javanese: Dina olahraga
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ngày hội thể thao
• Translator English - Tamil: விளையாட்டு நாள்
• Translator English - Marathi: क्रीडादिन
• Translator English - Turkish: Spor günü
• Translator English - Italian: giornata dello sport
• Translator English - Polish: dzień sportu
• Translator English - Ukrainian: спортивний день
• Translator English - Romanian: zi de sport
• Translator English - Greek: αθλητικές ημέρα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: sportdag
• Translator English - Swedish: idrottsdag
• Translator English - Norwegian: idrettsdag

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPORTS DAY»

Discover the use of sports day in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sports day and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Adam's Alternative Sports Day: An Asperger Story

'This is a very useful book for any staff involved in teaching students on the autism spectrum.

Jude Welton, 2004

Clifford's Sports Day

Clifford's enthusiasm knows no limits when Emily Elizabeth takes her big red dog to Sports Day.

‎1996

Spooky Sports Day

Did a monster take the sports day wagon and all the balls? Scooby and Shaggy will solve this mystery!

Erin Soderberg, 2002

Cam Jansen: Cam Jansen and the Sports Day Mysteries: A Super ...

It?s Sports and Good Nutrition Day for the fifth grade at Cam Jansen?s school!

David A. Adler, 2009

Sports Day

This book allows young children to share all the fun of a typical infant sports day. All kinds of races take place, including the climax of the day, the father's race.

Mick Inkpen, Nick Butterworth, 2014

Peppa Pig: Sports Day

Peppa and George aren’t winning any prizes at school Sports Day but there’s one more event to go, the boys versus girls tug of war!

‎2008

Peppa Pig: Sports Day: Sports Day

This eBook has been optimised for viewing on colour devices. Peppa and George aren't winning any prizes at school Sports Day but there's one more event to go, the boys versus girls tug of war!

Ladybird, 2011

Horrid Henry's Sports Day (Early Reader)

Horrid Henry hates sports day. And he hates the cross-country run more than any other event. But just as he is heaving his weary bones to the starting line, he has a wonderful, spectacular idea of how to win the race.

Francesca Simon, 2012

It's Sports Day!

When Robbie Rotten challenges Sportacus to a race and uses dirty tricks to try to win, the LazyTown children must think of a way to help Sportacus so that he does not have to leave LazyTown.

Magnús Scheving, 2006

Mr. Men Sports Day

There’s going to be a Sports Day in Nonsenseland and all the Mr. Men are invited, but will it be what they are expecting?

Roger Hargreaves, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPORTS DAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sports day is used in the context of the following news items.

Youth and Sports Day marks emergence of modern Turkey

Today, the day is marked around Turkey as Commemoration of Ataturk, Youth and Sports Day, a national holiday that sees young people stage sporting and ... «Anadolu Agency, May 15»

Sportacular Saturday: A viewers' guide

It's the greatest sports day of 2015 and arguably the most action-packed since at least November 1, 2009, which featured Game 4 of the World Series between ... «CNN, May 15»

The Top 10 Best Sports Days Of The Year

I'll be the first to admit that baseball's Opening Day is one of my favorite days of the sports year. The beginning of the baseball season brings along with it the ... «CBS Local, Apr 15»

Celebrating Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day

CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL Special to the Star Tribune (Top) Raquel DeBeltz-Bushman, left, received an award at Minnesota Girls and Women in Sports Day ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Feb 15»

Sports Day captures real reason for playing

I went digging through my garage the other day. My aim was to fish out all the old sports equipment I could find. The theory being I could use these somewhat ... «CBC.ca, Nov 14»

National Sports Day: Cricket's television revolution has inspired …

India's National Sports Day is celebrated in honour of Dhyan Chand, the legendary hockey player. On this occasion, Nishad Pai Vaidya, writes about the ... «Cricket Country, Aug 14»

Cricket Era Ends at Bank of England Sports Day

Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England, in his role as president of Chance to Shine, signs a cricket bat to celebrate National Cricket Day at an ... «Bloomberg, Jul 14»

How to get ahead in a school sports day: be born in autumn

For the hundreds of thousands of parents shouting from the touchline at school sports days across the country in the next few weeks, it would be the holy grail. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»

Sky broadens TalkTalk deal with sports day passes

Satellite broadcaster BSkyB has broadened its partnership with pay-TV group TalkTalk to offer live Sky sports channels on a pay-per-day basis as part of a new ... «Media Week, Feb 14»

Celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day

The annual day was started by the Women's Sports Foundation, an organization founded by Billie Jean King in 1974. Since its beginning, the non-profit ... «The Grio, Feb 14»