Collocations for "sport"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sport" in context.
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sport
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [popular, minority, national] sport
- [winter, summer, all-weather, Olympic] sports
- [a professional, an amateur, an elite, a semi-professional] sport
- [dangerous, adventure, extreme, motor] sports
- the most [popular, practiced, watched] sport (in the world)
- [football, rugby, cricket, snooker, darts] is a popular sport in [England]
- [practice, play, do, take up] a sport
- play sports at [school, college, university]
- is interested in [several, many, all] sports
- is not really into sports
- are always talking about sports!
- a sport for all [ages, backgrounds]
- sports on the [news, radio, television]
- the [world, business] of sport
- be a good sport and [ask her, give me a raise]
- dated: go on, be a sport!
- was a [good, poor] sport about
- UK: the kids made sport of his [haircut, glasses, brackets]
- a sports [hall, bar, event, day, field]
- sports [science, supplements, nutrition, medicine]
- sport [drink, clothes, accessories, equipment, kit, betting, psychology]
- sporting a new [haircut, job, car]
- sporting a [black eye, bruise]
- sporting the [latest, finest, most expensive]
- sported an [enormous, unusual, impressive]
- sported an [orange, green]
- sport it proudly
- sported by [thousands, many]
- sport with someone else's [problems, troubles, emotions]
- sporting around in his (new, expensive) car
'sport' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
average
- cage
- cap
- chapter
- compelling
- contact
- cycling
- dangerous
- double
- elk
- expense
- fake
- fickle
- fishing
- foul
- friendly
- great
- heat
- hit
- international
- kit
- landed
- leg
- legend
- level
- master
- milestone
- name
- national
- old
- out
- outlet
- pack
- park
- pass
- physical
- pick
- pig
- play
- position
- post
- put
- rabbit
- reckless
- reign
- reject
- relative
- round
- rowing
- rule