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Definition of tennis noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tennis

noun
 
/ˈtenɪs/
 
/ˈtenɪs/
[uncountable]
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  1. a game in which two or four players use rackets to hit a ball backwards and forwards across a net on a specially marked court
    • to play tennis
    • a tennis player/court/ball
    • I met a friend for a quick game of tennis after work.
    • a tennis match/tournament
    • She is a popular figure on the international tennis circuit.
    • He retired from competitive tennis at the age of 34.
    see also court tennis, deck tennis, lawn tennis, real tennis, royal tennis, table tennisTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • men’s
    • women’s
    • junior
    … of tennis
    • game
    verb + tennis
    • play
    • watch
    tennis + noun
    • ball
    • racket
    • dress
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    Word Originlate Middle English tenetz, tenes ‘real tennis’, apparently from Old French tenez ‘take, receive’ (called by the server to an opponent), imperative of tenir.
See tennis in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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