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{{also|Sporting}}
{{also|Sporting}}
==English==
==English==

===Etymology===
{{surf|en|sport|-ing}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/|a=GenAm}}
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* {{rhymes|ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ|lang=en}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspɔːtɪŋ/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sporting.wav}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/|a=rhotic,non-horse-hoarse}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈspoətɪŋ/|a=non-rhotic,non-horse-hoarse}}
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* {{rhymes|en|ɔː(ɹ)tɪŋ|s=2}}


===Verb===
===Verb===
{{head|en|present participle}}
{{head|en|verb form}}


# {{present participle of|sport|lang=en|nocat=1}}
# {{infl of|en|sport||ing-form}}


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
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# {{lb|en|not comparable}} Pertaining to [[sport]]s
# {{lb|en|not comparable}} Pertaining to [[sport]]s
#: ''He got a job in a '''sporting''' goods store.''
#: {{ux|en|He got a job in a '''sporting''' goods store.}}
# {{lb|en|comparable}} Exhibiting [[sportsmanship]].
# {{lb|en|comparable}} Exhibiting [[sportsmanship]].
#: ''Quite '''sporting''' of you to call that foul on yourself.''
#: {{ux|en|Quite '''sporting''' of you to call that foul on yourself.}}
# {{lb|en|comparable}} Having a reasonable chance of success.
#: ''You think he has a '''sporting''' chance? I wouldn't call even him a long shot!''
# {{lb|en|comparable}} Fair, generous; ‘game’.
# {{lb|en|comparable}} Fair, generous; ‘game’.
#: ''It was very '''sporting''' of her to let us off like that.''
#: {{ux|en|It was very '''sporting''' of her to let us off like that.}}
# {{lb|en|not comparable}} (''obsolete'') Of or relating to [[unseemly]] male [[excess]]es, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
# {{lb|en|not comparable|obsolete}} Of or relating to [[unseemly]] male [[excess]]es, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
#* {{quote-book|2015|Michael Pierson|Confederate Cities: The Urban South during the Civil War Era||137|New Yorkers coined the term “'''sporting''' culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.|chapter=Stephen Spaulding's Fourth of July in New Orleans|editors=Slap, Andrew L.; Towers, Frank|publisher=University of Chicago Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAGuCgAAQBAJ}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2015|author=Michael Pierson|title=Confederate Cities: The Urban South during the Civil War Era|page=137|text=New Yorkers coined the term “'''sporting''' culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.|chapter=Stephen Spaulding's Fourth of July in New Orleans|editors=Slap, Andrew L.; Towers, Frank|publisher=University of Chicago Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vAGuCgAAQBAJ}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|sporting chance}}
* {{l|en|sporting clays}}
* {{l|en|sporting door}}
* {{l|en|sporting girl}}
* {{l|en|sporting goods}}
* {{l|en|sporting goods}}
* {{l|en|sporting house}}
* {{l|en|sporting house}}
* {{l|en|sporting chance}}
* {{l|en|sporting lady}}
* {{l|en|sportingly}}
* {{l|en|sportingness}}
* {{l|en|sporting woman}}


====Translations====
====Translations====
{{trans-top|pertaining to sports}}
{{trans-top|pertaining to sports}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|esportiu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|спартыўны}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|спортен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|esportiu}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|sportovní}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sportief}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sportief}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|urheilu|alt=urheilu-}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|urheilu|alt=urheilu-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sportif}}
* French: {{t+|fr|sportif}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|deportivo}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|deportivo}}
* German: {{t+|de|sportiv}}
* German: {{t+|de|sportiv}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sportivo}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|sportivo}}
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* Latvian: {{t|lv|sportisks}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|sportisks}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|sportowy|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|sportowy|m}}
* Portuguese: {{qualifier|Brazil}} {{t+|pt|esportivo}}, {{qualifier|Portugal}} {{t+|pt|desportivo}}
* Portuguese: {{qualifier|Brazil}} {{t+|pt|esportivo}}, {{qualifier|Portugal}} {{t+|pt|desportivo}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|спорти́вный}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|deportivo}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|deportivo}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|спорти́вний}}
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{{trans-top|exhibiting sportsmanship}}
{{trans-top|exhibiting sportsmanship}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|спортсменски}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sportief}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|sportief}}
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|urheilijamainen}}, {{t+|fi|reilu}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|urheilijamainen}}, {{t+|fi|reilu}}
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{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|having a reasonable chance of success}}
{{trans-top|having a reasonable chance of success}}
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{{trans-bottom}}
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# The act of taking part in a sport.
# The act of taking part in a sport.
#* {{quote-book|c. 1675|{{w|Robert Barclay}}|An Apology for the True Christian Divinity|||{{...}} the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, '''sportings''', and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=c. 1675|author=w:Robert Barclay|title=An Apology for the True Christian Divinity|text={{...}} the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, '''sportings''', and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God {{...}}}}


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ginoprst|ringpost|ringspot}}
* {{anagrams|en|a=ginoprst|ringpost|ringspot}}

{{cln|en|verbal nouns}}

Latest revision as of 03:59, 28 September 2024

See also: Sporting

English

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Etymology

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By surface analysis, sport +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sporting

  1. present participle and gerund of sport

Adjective

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sporting (comparative more sporting, superlative most sporting)

  1. (not comparable) Pertaining to sports
    He got a job in a sporting goods store.
  2. (comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
    Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
  3. (comparable) Fair, generous; ‘game’.
    It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
  4. (not comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
    • 2015, Michael Pierson, “Stephen Spaulding's Fourth of July in New Orleans”, in Slap, Andrew L., Towers, Frank, editors, Confederate Cities: The Urban South during the Civil War Era‎[1], University of Chicago Press, page 137:
      New Yorkers coined the term “sporting culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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sporting (plural sportings)

  1. The act of taking part in a sport.
    • c. 1675, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity:
      […] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]

Anagrams

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