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Definition: Sportsmanship |
SportsmanshipNoun1. Fairness in following the rules of the game. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sportsmanship" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Crosswords: Sportsmanship |
| English words defined with "sportsmanship": clean ♦ sporting, sportsmanlike. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | The ability to witness two men stand toe to toe in the spirit of sportsmanship and pummel each other into insensibility is what separates us from the animals. (Taxi; writing credit: Grahame Bond; Jim Burnett) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Good Sportsmanship (1950) | |
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| "Sportsmanship" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sportsmanship" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 40 | 54,274 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sportsmanship | 68 |
good sportsmanship | 12 |
quote sportsmanship | 8 |
archie award griffin sportsmanship | 3 |
definition sportsmanship | 2 |
example sportsmanship | 2 |
article sportsmanship | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "sportsmanship"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | natyrë sportive, korrektësi (correctness, rectitude, scrupulosity), aftësi sportive. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | روح رياضية (sport, sport spirit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | спортсменство, спортно умение, честност (fair dealing, fairness, faith, faithfulness, honesty, honor, honour, integrity, loyalty, probity, rectitude, straightforwardness, straightness, truth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | sportovní chování, férovost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مردانگی (Manhood), ورزشکاری , ورزش دوستی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | urheiluhenki (sport fanatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sportivité, esprit sportif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sportlichkeit (athletic appearance, casualness, sportiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | φιλοτιμία (pride). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ספורטיביות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sportszerűség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | abilit nello sport. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | スペックル干渉計 (cum, semen, sparing, special purpose, speckle interferometer, spell, spelling, spelunker, spencer jacket, sperm, spoke, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman, sport, sports car, sports center, sports club, sports drink, sports event, sports fair, sports programmer, sports shoes, sports test, sports trainer, sportscaster, sportsman, sportswear, sportswoman, sportswriter, superiority complex). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | スポーツマンシップ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spoyrtoilys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ortsmanshipspay prática de desporto, lealdade (adhesion, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, loyalty, trustiness), espírito desportivo, correção (accuracy, adjustment, converting, correction, emendation, politeness, propriety, reclamation, rectification, redress, reform, reformation, respectability, revision), competência desportiva. (various references) sportivitate, purtare demnã de un sportiv, practicare a sportului, loialitate (fairness, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, uprightness), corectitudine (correctness, honesty, precision, rectitude, rightness, straight), îndemânare (ability, address, adroitness, art, craft, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, hand, handiness, skill, sleight, workmanship). (various references) увлечение спортом, спортивное мастерство, физическая подготовка (pt). (various references) srčanost (bravery, morale, spunk), hrabrost (bravery, courage, doughtiness, fortitude, gallantry, gut, hardihood, heart, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, spunk, valor, valour). (various references) deportividad (sportiness). (various references) sportsmannaanda. (various references) sportmenlik, sporculuk (athletics), centilmenlik. (various references) спортивна майстерність, фізична подготовка, порядність (decency, honesty, respectability, well doing). (various references) tinh thần thể thao t i nghệ thể thao tính thượng võ, tính trung thực (probity, sportiness, squareness), tính thẳng thắn (directness, downrightness, fairness, frankness, probity, sportiness, straightforwardness), dũng khí (heart, nerve). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sportsmanship": sportsmanships. (additional references) | |
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"Sportsmanship" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sportmanship. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sportsmanship" (pronounced spô"rtsmunshi'p) |
| 8 | -t s m u n sh i' p | craftsmanship, draftsmanship, statesmanship. |
| 7 | -s m u n sh i' p | brinksmanship, horsemanship, marksmanship. |
| 6 | -m u n sh i' p | brinkmanship, chairmanship, gamesmanship, salesmanship, showmanship, upmanship, workmanship. |
| 5 | -u n sh i' p | bipartisanship, championship, citizenship, companionship, guardianship, interrelationship, musicianship, partisanship, relationship. |
| 4 | -n sh i' p | gunship, internship, kinship, township. |
| 3 | -sh i' p | airship, ambassadorship, apprenticeship, authorship, battleship, censorship, conservatorship, consulship, dealership, dictatorship, directorship, distributorship, editorship, entrepreneurship, fellowship, flagship, friendship, generalship, governorship, hardship, headship, judgeship, kingship, leadership, Lightship, membership, ownership, partnership, premiership, professorship, proprietorship, readership, receivership, ridership, scholarship, spaceship, speakership, sponsorship, starship, steamship, stewardship, trusteeship, viewership, warship. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: pastorships. | |
-3 letters: pastorship, transships. | |
-4 letters: aphorisms, aphorists, arsonists, atropisms, passports, pastromis, prosaisms, prosaists, protamins, sapphisms, sapphists, snapshots, sportsman, starships, tranships, transship. | |
-5 letters: airposts, amorists, aphorism, aphorist, appoints, arsonist, assistor, astonish, atropins, atropism, harpists, hornists, impastos, maintops, manihots, misparts, missorts, misstops, morphias, morphins, parsnips, passions, passport, pastromi, phantoms, pissants, prosaism, prosaist, protamin, protasis, ptomains, rampions. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-i-m-n-o-p-p-r-s-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: sportsmanships. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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