popular sport
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpopularandsport
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popular
adjective
uk/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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sport
noun
uk/spɔːt/us/spɔːrt/
a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as ...
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(Definition ofpopularandsportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Its desire of promoting 'responsible' leisure activities did not extend to restrictions on hunting mammals, let alone the extremelypopularsportof angling.
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Football is the mostpopularsportin the world.
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There are many facilities on that lake for the increasinglypopularsportof water-skiing.
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Fishing of all kinds is apopularsport.
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Surfing has become a verypopularsportin the west country.
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It is therefore clear that the bookmakers realise the necessity for additional investment into thispopularsport.
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To go back a few generations, bull-baiting used to be an extremelypopularsportin this country.
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It is the second mostpopularsportafter fishing.
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It is the third mostpopularsportin the country.
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I wonder how many households are without a television set to enable them to participate to that extent in apopularsport.
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As a verypopularsportthere is constant demand for more space so that pitches are available.
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There are many inshore fishermen, whose number is vastly increased in summer, and wind-surfing is apopularsport.
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It is a verypopularsportand it needs only a ball to play it.
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