# sporting

Pronunciation: US say "SPOR-ting" /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/; UK say "SPAW-ting" /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Relating to sports, or connected with athletic competition and activity.
   - Simple: Relating to sports or games.
   - _Local businesses sponsor many of the region's sporting clubs._
   - _The magazine devotes a whole section to sporting achievements._
3. Fair and generous; willing to take a risk or go along with something in good spirit.
   - Simple: Fair and generous, and willing to take a chance or join in.
   - _It was sporting of the champion to lend his rival a spare racket._
   - _They made a sporting offer to split the prize money evenly._
4. Showing the fair, respectful conduct expected of a good competitor.
   - Simple: Showing fair and kind behavior when playing a game.
   - _Shaking hands across the net was a sporting gesture after the tense final._
   - _The crowd admired his sporting conduct toward the injured runner._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of sport. — present participle and gerund of sport
   - Simple: Present participle of sport. Use this -ing form when someone is wearing or showing something off.
   - _The general appeared on the balcony sporting all of his medals._
   - _She walked into the office sporting a confident grin._

## Noun

5. The activity of taking part in a sport or athletic pastime.
   - Simple: The act of taking part in a sport or game.
   - _The estate offered fishing, riding, and sporting of every kind._
   - _A long afternoon of sporting in the fields gave way to a quiet evening._

## Adjective

6. Relating to disreputable male indulgences, especially gambling, prostitution, and similar low recreations. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Connected with men's rough pleasures like gambling, drinking, and paying for sex.
   - _He squandered the family fortune in the sporting houses along the riverfront._
   - _The respectable families shunned anyone with sporting connections._

## Origin

Formed from "sport" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sporting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).