popular pastime
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- noun
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- Online poker has developed over the last decade or so to become one of the most popular pastimes throughout many countries, with many gambling enthusiasts preferring to play the game online rather than at land-based casinos these days.
So that's I guess a popular pastime in Ukraine onward.
- So that's I guess a popular pastime in Ukraine onward.
Examples
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Hiking, snorkeling, kayaking, and boating are popular pastimes, but so is lying on the beach and admiring the scenery.
Blog text (31) -
Birding, also known as bird-watching, is one of the most popular pastimes in the United States.
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The second most popular pastime on the web was online games, with an index of just over 10 percent.
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Miners were also often apprehended and fined for gambling, a popular pastime in the camps.
Academic text (1996) -
Total landings may be significantly greater since fishing is a popular pastime of residents, and noncommercial landings are not reported.
Academic text (1993) -
Drawing silhouettes became a popular pastime in the course of the century, as well as a parlor game, like palmistry—both of them methods of reading the body to understand the inner man or woman, to diagnose character, and to see beyond the material present to what the future might hold.
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Gaming was an enormously popular pastime of the period, and the novel's protagonist, Emil Larsson, and his cohort, Mrs. Sparrow, were already avid card players.
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Kite flying is a popular pastime in India and Afghanistan.
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A new device called the radio became a popular pastime for families seeking entertainment.
Synonyms
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An activity you do in free time for pleasure
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A thing you do regularly for fun in your free time
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A person or thing that most people in a group like more than others
Antonyms
How Popular
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an activity or hobby that is widely enjoyed' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'popular' (widely enjoyed) with 'pastime' (a leisure activity). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following common English and cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
The noun popular pastime comes from the words popular meaning 'liked by many' and pastime meaning something you do to 'pass the time', so it describes an activity many people enjoy in their free time.