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Definition of sporting adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sporting

adjective
 
 
/ˈspɔːtɪŋ/
 
/ˈspɔːrtɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1.  
    [only before noun] connected with sports
    • a major sporting event
    • a range of sporting activities
    • His main sporting interests are golf and tennis.
    • (North American English) a store selling sporting goods
  2. (especially British English) fair and generous in your treatment of other people, especially in a game or sport
    • The game was played in a very sporting spirit.
    opposite unsporting
Idioms
a sporting chance
  1. a reasonable chance of successTopics Successc2
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