sports·man·ship

(spôrts′mən-shĭp′)

The conduct and attitude of participants in sports, especially when considered commendable as in fair play, courtesy, and grace in losing.

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sports•man•ship

(ˈspɔrts mənˌʃɪp, ˈspoʊrts-)

n.

1. the practice or skill of a sportsman.

2. conduct befitting a sportsman.

[1735–45]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

sportsmanship - fairness in following the rules of the game

fairness, equity - conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

Translations

fair-play

sportivit...

športno vedenje

sportsmanship

[ˈspɔːtsmənʃɪp] N → espíritu m deportivo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

sportsmanship

[ˈspɔː^rtsmənʃɪp] n → esprit m sportif, sportivité fsports page n [newspaper] → page f des sportssports shop n → magasin m de sportsports stadium n → stade m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

sportsmanship

[ˈspɔːtsmənˌʃɪp] n → spirito sportivo

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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He had so greatly recommended himself to that gentleman, by leaping over five-barred gates, and by other acts of sportsmanship, that the squire had declared Tom would certainly make a great man if he had but sufficient encouragement.

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Their highest instinct of sportsmanship is to catch a man with his back turned and to smite him a cunning blow with a tomahawk that severs the spinal column at the base of the brain.

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Sportsmanship

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