volleyball game
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈvɑːlɪˌbɔɪl ɡeɪm/
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partido de voleibol
- The rest are counting the days until the next high school girls' volleyball game.
- 6 volleyball games
Examples
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Are you guys going to a volleyball game?
Fiction book (1994) -
How come you didn't come to the volleyball game?
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You guys going to a volleyball game or something?
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You have to get up early for your volleyball game.
Fiction book (2001) -
Several volleyball games are being played.
Fiction book (1999) -
Another incident happened during a 6-on-6 volleyball game.
Academic text (1998) -
You're gonna skip out of the girls' volleyball game early?
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We were trying to go to the volleyball game, but the traffic was a nightmare, so we ended up going to Walmart!
Blog text (29) -
You know, I went to two comic book stores and three women's volleyball games looking for you.
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My friends and I are going to watch a local volleyball game this weekend.
Synonyms
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1.0
A game for two teams who use their hands to hit a ball over a high net to score points
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2.0
A game played with a ball, like baseball or soccer
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3.0
A game people play on a marked court like tennis or basketball
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'volleyball' names the sport and 'game' denotes a match or contest, so 'volleyball game' straightforwardly means a match of volleyball. This follows common noun + noun compounding patterns found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The compound noun volleyball game comes from the words volley and ball, because players 'hit the ball back and forth' in a long volley over a high net. So a volleyball game is a match where teams use their hands to keep the ball in the air and try to make it land on the other side.