tennis player
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftennisandplayer
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tennis
noun[U]
uk/ˈten.ɪs/us/ˈten.ɪs/
a game played between two or four people on a special playing area that involves hitting a small ball across a central net using ...
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player
noun[C]
uk/ˈpleɪ.ər/us/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition oftennisandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoftennis player
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He was also known to have been a keentennisplayerand to have briefly played in the high school band.
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He recovered more fully than expected, and as a boy was a keentennisplayerand cricketer.
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He was a keentennisplayerhimself and was active mainly in doubles.
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In his youth he was a finetennisplayer.
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He was also a talentedtennisplayer, but he chose to concentrate on golf.
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A child can learn a second language, become an experttennisplayer, or work in a charity food kitchen.
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The one-life husband is aware of being thetennisplayerand of having been the young child.
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We play the roles of child, teenager, adult, old person, and of student, son, teacher, dancer,tennisplayer, and so forth.
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If a speaker routinely grunts (like atennisplayer) when performing a certain action, then certainly we may see the grunt as in some sense intrinsic to the action.
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He is not only a goodtennisplayerbut a very nice guy.
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I am an enthusiastic and mediocretennisplayer.
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I used to be a great lawntennisplayer, indoors.
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I think, as atennisplayer, that is one set all.
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The life that she previously led as an activetennisplayerhas been ended.
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For all this we offer salaries that would be sneezed at by any self-respecting amateurtennisplayer.
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Yet any athlete who accepted a cash prize became immediately a professional, while anytennisplayer who made a living out of lawn tennis remained an amateur.
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Since age of 4 he was trained to become professionaltennisplayerand attended elementary and middle school for gifted children in sports.
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He was a top rankedtennisplayerin high school and served as student council president.
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