US /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/ UK /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/
adj noun Freq #10559

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to or used in sports.

    The stadium hosts major sporting events all year round.

  2. 2
    adj

    Behaving in a fair and generous way, especially in a game or competition.

    It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · behaving in a fair and... sporty
Word family
Derived forms nonsportingsportinglysportingnessunsporting

Etymology

By surface analysis, sport + -ing.

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