tennis
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- noun
- /ˈtɛnɪs/
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tenis
- She practiced for hours on the tennis court, perfecting her serve.
- tennis player
- play tennis
- tennis ball
They're getting, they're playing tennis, doing art therapy.
- They're getting, they're playing tennis, doing art therapy.
- Now I played tennis, I knew what this was.
- And I love playing tennis and also padel.
- If, if you want to learn to play tennis, find yourself a pro.
- Two well matched players could make tennis go on almost forever.
- I don't care for sports except tennis and more recently Formula One.
- I think you don't really play tennis for your country.
- And she does do tennis now twice a week, I think.
- Isn't this great in Virginia Slim's sponsored tennis, the women's tennis tour.
- So that's as high as a tennis racket basically.
- They can just live in this random box tennis, random things.
Examples
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Women's tennis was valued as highly as men's tennis in 'possessing beauty or certain artistic qualities.'
Academic text (1990) -
So yesterday Josh and I were playing tennis and there's this mom.
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It's like being captain of the tennis team.
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I am very competitive, so it's like in tennis, I always want to win.
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Two well matched players could make tennis go on almost forever.
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And I love playing tennis and also padel.
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Can I get you a tennis racket?
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I don't care for sports except tennis and more recently Formula One.
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The image of a female tennis player pops up and executes a perfect swing.
Fiction book (1990) -
The tie-breaker in professional tennis enables matches to be completed within a designated time period.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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A sport where two or four players hit a ball over a net on a grass court
Compounds
- Specialized
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Pain in the outer part of the elbow caused by using the arm too much, often from racket sports
A small flat paddle with a short handle used to hit the ball in table tennis
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tennis One popular story says the word comes from an old French shout tenez, meaning 'take' or 'receive', which players would call when they served the ball. So you can remember tennis as the game where players send and 'take' the ball across the net.