sporting event

Game or match

A sporting event is an organized athletic competition—a game, match, race, or tournament where athletes or teams compete before spectators.

The term covers everything from a local high school football game to the Olympics: The stadium holds fifty thousand for major sporting events.

Sporting events are often social occasions as much as athletic ones.

Related

spectatorship · basketball · finals · stadium · round-robin · cricket · boxing · sportsmanship · playoffs · winning streak · championship · football · tennis · referee · exhibition · decathlon · cycling · scoreboard

Categories
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event type/entertainment category

sporting eventconcert

Live musical performance

opera · ballet · art exhibition · poetry reading · lecture

activity nature

sporting eventmeditation retreat

Organized withdrawal for mindfulness

chess tournament · debate · spelling bee · quiet contemplation · study session

formality/organization

sporting eventpickup game

Spontaneous informal athletic contest

backyard game · free play

Family

sport, event, contest, sports, events, competition, tournament, sporty, eventful

Familiarity
Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G