{
    "term": "sport",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "image": "data/images/sp/sports_team.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are excellent facilities for sport and recreation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm not interested in sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's very difficult to make a career in **professional sport**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you **do** any **sport**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you **play** any **sports**?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the use of drugs in sport"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Australians love sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He enjoys sport, reading and travelling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His only hobby is watching sport on TV."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a sporting icon even for people who don't like sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Playing competitive sport helped me develop as a person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are a lot of job opportunities in the sport and leisure industry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a real passion for sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We encourage the children to get involved in sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a campaign to promote sports among women"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He does a lot of sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you do any sport at school?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We played sports together when we were kids."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Did you play any sports in high school?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sports coverage in the local newspaper is good."
                },
                {
                    "text": "government funding for sports programmes for girls and women"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The council has allocated an extra £11 million to a new community sports club."
                },
                {
                    "text": "sports betting on the internet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the construction of a new $250-million sports arena"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the school sports day"
                },
                {
                    "text": "sports shoes"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["amateur", "pro", "professional"],
                "verb + sport/​sports": ["do", "play", "be involved in"],
                "sports + noun": ["event", "arena", "bar"],
                "preposition": ["in sport"],
                "phrases": ["love for sport", "love for sports", "love of sport"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a particular form of sport",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "What's your favourite sport?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Netball is the number one **team sport** played by women in England."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I need to take up a sport to get fit."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why not learn to paint or play a sport?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the 1960s, the Soviet Union dominated the sport of gymnastics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In theory, basketball is a non-contact sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After a serious knee injury the player was advised to quit the sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We started a bodybuilding magazine to promote the sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "popular field sports such as football"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the sport of boxing"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Football has been a professional sport for a long time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Taekwondo became an official Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Games."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many dancers also take part in a competitive sport such as volleyball."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two of the most popular sports among the boys are basketball and Thai boxing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Outdoor sports enthusiasts, such as climbers and skiers, often use handheld GPS devices."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In winter we prefer an indoor sport like squash or badminton."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She claimed fox-hunting continues even though the sport has been banned."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the inherent dangers of adventure sports such as mountaineering"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Which is the country's most popular spectator sport?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "skiing, skating and other winter sports"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: other sports", "Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["mainstream", "major", "popular"],
                "verb + sport": ["take up", "dominate", "promote"],
                "preposition": ["sport of"],
                "phrases": [
                    "love for a sport",
                    "love of a sport",
                    "passion for a sport"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used as a friendly way of addressing somebody, especially a man",
            "labels": "(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How are you doing, sport?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Good on you, sport!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "pleasure or fun",
            "sensetop": "in sport",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The comments were only made in sport.",
                    "contextForm": "in sport"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **make sport of** *(= to joke about)* **somebody/something**"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a plant or an animal that is clearly and definitely different from its usual type",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be unpleasant or unhelpful, especially in a difficult situation or when you have lost a game",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be generous, cheerful and pleasant, especially in a difficult situation or when you have lost a game",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's a good sport."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Go on, be a sport *(= used when asking somebody to help you)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɔːt/",
                "audio": "sp/sport/sport__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/spɔːrt/",
                "audio": "sp/sport/sport__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘pastime, entertainment’): shortening of disport."
}