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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
sport
/spɔːt/
noun1 of 2
game or physical exercise with rules
- “If it rained, we would not go and do sport.”Tatoeba
- “It's too early for you to go back to sports.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To amuse oneself, to play.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)