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esports

esports

3.7
Playing video games in competitions by professional players for people to watch
  • noun
  • /ˈiːˌspɔrts/
  • Jargon
translation icon : esports
  • The event featured live commentary as the top players showcased their skills in esports matches.

You look at last year, Nintendo had a esports competition, the Nintendo World Championships.

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Examples

  • At one point I was, you know, maybe one of the best Quake players in the world actually won money for what I think was the first paid esports tournament in the US.

    Lex Fridman

  • So in its hopes to do so, Activision Blizzard onboarded Steve Bornstein, former ESPNCEO, to head up Activision to esports Network.

  • I cannot believe I'm sitting next to esports star.

  • And when you call it professional esports, professional doesn't just mean that you get paid to do it.

  • I don't see esports being a thing where you have to show your degree.

  • You look at last year, Nintendo had a esports competition, the Nintendo World Championships.

    Variety

  • And I, I'm curious in that perspective of like what needs to happen for the future of the esports landscape to be as big as maybe everyone thought it was going to be.

    Colin and Samir

  • The championship drew thousands of fans to watch the best teams compete in esports tournaments.

  • Many young players aspire to make a career in esports by competing at professional levels.

Synonyms

electronic sports
vsesports
  • Jargon
3.4

Organized competitions where people or teams play video games to win prizes

focuses on professionals competing rather than on prize money or team structure

Antonyms

casual
19 2.8

Happening only sometimes and not regularly

How Professional

esports
  • Jargon
3.7
gaming house
  • Jargon
3.7
training table
  • US
1 6.6
home team
24 1.3
playschool
1 2.1

Surface Forms

esports singular
esports plural

Morphology

esports = esport (transparent) = e + sport + s

The plural is a regular suffixation from the singular 'esport'; the singular itself is transparently e- (electronic) + sport.

Etymology

Esports comes from joining e- and sports, where e- means 'electronic' as in email and sports means 'games' or 'competition'. So esports are organized, competitive video games played by professionals in tournaments watched by many people.