basketball
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- noun
- /ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl/
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baloncesto
- Yeah, so that's exactly where my basketball career ended, by the way.
- play basketball
- a basketball game
- a basketball player
You'd scout people for football, for basketball, for baseball and for track.
- You'd scout people for football, for basketball, for baseball and for track.
- Someone said Airbud didn't play basketball, he played football.
- Joe wants me to give his basketball career more more respect.
- Have you ever started playing basketball and then it rains?
- Their kids still play basketball, dripping with sweat into a mask.
- Jay played break basketball, which I was not good at.
- Oh, it was winter time basketball and snow hit.
- And we shot that basketball sequence first up in the morning.
Examples
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Go and watch the basketball.
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This boy has been playing basketball since he was seven months old.
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But I think professional basketball would have been a good life.
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Hey, do you love basketball, but you work at Target?
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Anyway, one day, I'm playing basketball with my friends.
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Fifty to seventy students play basketball on a crowded court adjacent to the school.
Academic text (2013) -
Ramos was 14 and had just attended his first Lakers basketball game with five friends.
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The two teams were tied at halftime in the thrilling basketball game.
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He practices shooting hoops every day to improve his basketball skills.
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During the summer, I enjoy playing basketball at the local park with my friends.
Synonyms
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A match between two teams of five players to score by throwing a ball through a high hoop
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A team sport where players try to score by throwing a ball through a basket
Compounds
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A match between two teams of five players to score by throwing a ball through a high hoop
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A horizontal metal ring with a net that players try to throw a basketball through
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A group of basketball teams that play against each other in a series of games
A raised rectangular board behind a hoop that players bounce the ball off to score
How Physical
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Etymology
Basketball comes from the basic idea of the sport: throwing a ball into a basket ('a container'). When the game was invented in 1891 players used a real peach basket as the hoop, so the sport was called by joining 'basket' and 'ball'.