US /ˈtɛnɪs/
noun verb name Freq #4242

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A sport in which two or four players hit a ball over a net using racquets.

    They play tennis together every weekend.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a sport in which two or... lawn tennis
Word family
Derived forms anti-tennistennis-racket

Etymology

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).

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