What does Sporting mean?
Definitions for Sporting
ˈspɔr tɪŋ, ˈspoʊr-sport·ing
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Sporting.
Princeton's WordNet
clean, sporting, sporty, sportsmanlikeadjective
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
"a clean fight"; "a sporting solution of the disagreement"; "sportsmanlike conduct"
sportingadjective
relating to or used in sports
"sporting events"; "sporting equipment"
sportingadjective
involving risk or willingness to take a risk
"a sporting chance"; "sporting blood"
dissipated, betting, card-playing, sportingadjective
preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance
"led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card-playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies"
Wiktionary
sportingadjective
Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
sportingadjective
Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
sportingadjective
Having a reasonable chance of success.
A sporting chance? I wouldn't call even him a long-shot?
ChatGPT
sporting
Sporting refers to the participation, involvement or engagement in sports or any physical activities that are often competitive and require specific skills or physical abilities. It can also refer to exhibiting qualities associated with sports, such as fair play, enthusiasm, or good spirit.
Webster Dictionary
Sporting
of Sport
Sportingadjective
of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports
Editors Contribution
sporting
Relating to sport.
The sporting behaviour of the athletes was so beautiful to see, the unity, hugs, song all so amazing.
Submitted by MaryC on April 17, 2020
British National Corpus
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Sporting' in Adjectives Frequency: #989
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Sporting in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Sporting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of Sporting in a Sentence
A lot happened last year for him -- in terms of sports and his private life. In sporting terms, it was perhaps his best, in his private life perhaps the most difficult, tennis starts at 0-0 and that’s how I see it with him.
The years pass but they are different, and the context is different now. That goes for sporting terms, and also, personally, i was free to make a decision and I know how important that is here in France.
Behind me you have the new sporting heroes of Japan, it's a great credit to this team. They are the heroes. They've changed Japanese rugby. To finish the tournament ranked ninth in the world, it's an absolutely amazing success story.
The IAAF has come in for a lot of vilification but there are probably a lot of other sporting federations, particularly where its contact and a physical strength sport, who are really watching this, they want to see what it means for the future of female sport and also what it will do in terms of the whole transgender question.
We love our kids and we want the best for them. And part of that includes sporting activities. And this is just another in a long line of anti-trans youth bills that is spreading across the country like wildfire.
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