sport
verb/spɔːt/
/spɔːrt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sport | /spɔːt/ /spɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it sports | /spɔːts/ /spɔːrts/ |
| past simple sported | /ˈspɔːtɪd/ /ˈspɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle sported | /ˈspɔːtɪd/ /ˈspɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form sporting | /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈspɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] sport something to have or wear something in a proud way synonym wear
- to sport a beard
- She was sporting a T-shirt with the company's logo on it.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to play in a happy and lively way
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘pastime, entertainment’): shortening of disport.
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