sporting
- adjective
- /ˈspɔrtɪŋ/
- Monster and Jill are two of the most sporting greats that you'll see in this sport.
Examples
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It doesn't mean that you know this terrible injury that ends your sporting career is actually great for your sporting career.
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Initially, it's only about sporting feats, but that will soon change, as will the name as it becomes Ripley's Believe It or Not.
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It, it is beyond any sporting comparison and, and in large part beyond any other comparison.
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And my the only sporting event my dad ever came to watch was my first swim meet with the Guppies.
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Two seats only, very agile, more sporting, very dramatic, just a single line, lots of power.
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So I'm sure we've all got our own favorite sporting moments.
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They won the World Series, so we've swapped nationalities in terms of our sporting desires.
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This was again, I've, I've aged, I've realized I've had sporting events where it's like, oh, I'm not, I'm getting old.
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The referee praised the players for their sporting conduct during the match, emphasizing respect for the rules.
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In the spirit of sporting fairness, both teams agreed to a rematch to settle the disputed outcome.
Synonyms
Fair and respectful in a game or competition
Antonyms
Compounds
How Fair
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sporting comes from sport, the idea of playing by rules and enjoying fair contests. So sporting describes someone showing 'fair play' and respect in competition.