major sport

collocation in English

meaningsofmajorandsport

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajorandsportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The othermajorsportwhere enormous progress has been made is cricket.
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Does he feel that people are confident in how sport in this country will be handled when the same person so quickly sells out amajorsport?
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There are plans formajorsportand community development in the park, which is currently the site of two tennis courts and a bowling green.
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Improving economics combined with dramatically improved ski equipment turned skiing into amajorsportfor the first time in the 1960s.
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Soccer was once amajorsportin the university but was removed recently.
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Prior to the scandal, everymajorsportexcept baseball had a policy against steroids.
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Players can not enter until three years have passed since their last professional game, the shortest such time period of anymajorsport.
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Eachmajorsportis managed by a national sports organisation, with state counterparts that manage community sporting clubs.
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Association football was the nextmajorsportto see the introduction of the shin guard.
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Basketball is amajorsportin the high school, with many fans and usually crowded stadiums during home games.
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Anymajorsporttoday has some form of controversy surrounding it.
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Myrick promoted induction of tennis in schools and colleges as amajorsportand acceptance of the sport on a wider level.
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The league was composed of those area schools whosemajorsportwas basketball, but who did not have an indoor court.
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In his sixth season, the 1926-27 season, ice hockey was givenmajorsportstatus by the university.
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Themajorsporttradition is the annual cricket match held between the teams of 9th and 10th grade.
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Athletics is also amajorsport.
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Because field hockey is not amajorsportat the college level for men the team does not have as much experience as most other international teams.
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Such were the numbers of people who wanted to be involved, that major sports grounds were frequently used to accommodate the celebrants.
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Therefore, we should assist one of our major sports not to perish under an undue burden of taxation.
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Responsibility for submitting bids for major sports events lies with the relevant governing body.
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