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cricketing

cricketing

3.4
Relating to the sport of cricket and its traditions
  • adjective
  • /ˈkrɪkɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : de cricket
  • His cricketing skills have improved significantly.

Examples

  • The cricketing season starts in April.

  • The stadium is famous for its cricketing history and memorable matches.

  • He has a long cricketing career behind him.

  • She wrote a book about the cricketing traditions of her hometown.

  • The stadium is famous for its cricketing history and memorable matches.

  • The cricketing season starts in April.

  • He has a long cricketing career behind him.

Surface Forms

cricketing positive

Morphology

cricketing = cricket (transparent) = cricket + ing

The adjective is a regular relational form built from cricket plus -ing, meaning associated with the sport of cricket.

Etymology

Cricketing comes from the word cricket, which probably comes from an old word meaning 'stick' because the game is played with a wooden bat. So cricketing means 'of or about' the sport of cricket.