Definition of sporting
1a : of, relating to, used, or suitable for sport; especially : trained for trapping or retrieving game sporting dogsb : marked by or calling for sportsmanshipc : involving such risk as a sports contender may expect to take or encounter a sporting chance
2 : of or relating to dissipation and especially gambling
3 : tending to mutate freely
sportingly
adverbFrom the M-W Editors
Examples of sporting in a Sentence
It wasn't very sporting of you to trip him.
Recent Examples of sporting from the Web
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The AFC's exit leaves Sullivan Arena — which opened in 1983 as a sports and entertainment facility — with very few sporting events.
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Last year, in the wake of several high profile killings of unarmed blacks by police, Kaepernick decided to sit, and later to kneel during the National Anthem, which is played before most sporting events, including NFL games.
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Sparks is no stranger to singing the anthem, having performed it at numerous sporting events including Super Bowl XLII and the Daytona 500 this past February.
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Chicago is one of the finest restaurant cities on the planet, a city of fantastic neighborhoods and great people and a vibrant cultural and sporting life, including polite wagers on federal indictments.
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The new investors represent the latest show of support for WinView as the company promotes a different way for fans to play alongside sporting events.
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Brener founded a PR firm, Brener Zwikel & Associates, that handles sporting events throughout the world.
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Turnbull & Asser was established during a time in Britain's history when the ruling class preoccupied itself with the minutiae of correct dress for social and sporting events.
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Since then, Brown has gone on to be a camera operator for several motion pictures, including The Shining and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, plus sporting events like the Olympics and the Superbowl.
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First Known Use of sporting
1713
SPORTING Defined for English Language Learners
sporting
playDefinition of sporting for English Language Learners
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: of, relating to, or used in sports
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: fairly good
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: done or behaving in a way that treats the other people in a sport or competition fairly
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