often attributive
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: an indoor or outdoor game that is played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or pairs of players on a level court (as of clay or grass) divided by a low net
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She was described as someone who liked tennis, loved kids and whose favorite color was purple.
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Excluding doubles specialists, no tennis player has ever done that.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Examples include moderate or brisk walking, water aerobics, doubles tennis, slow cycling, or ballroom dancing.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2025
One was small, roughly the size of a quarter, while the other was quite large, just a bit smaller than a tennis ball.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Excluding doubles specialists, no tennis player has ever done that.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Examples include moderate or brisk walking, water aerobics, doubles tennis, slow cycling, or ballroom dancing.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 28 Oct. 2025
One was small, roughly the size of a quarter, while the other was quite large, just a bit smaller than a tennis ball.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tennis
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“Tennis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tennis. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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tennis
noun
ten·nis
ˈten-əs 
: a game played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or two pairs of players on a level court divided by a low net
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