sporting competition

collocation in English

meaningsofsportingandcompetition

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sporting
adjective
uk
/ˈspɔː.tɪŋ/us
/ˈspɔːrt.ɪŋ/
relating ...
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competition
noun
uk
/ˌkɒm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/ˌkɑːm.pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a situation in which someone is trying to win something or be more successful than ...
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(Definition ofsportingandcompetitionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsporting competition

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In sport, even in professional sport, the competition that really counts is thesportingcompetition itself, not just the unbridled economic competition of its agents.
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The campaign for a new university was not asportingcompetitionin which everyone congratulates the winner and that is the end of it.
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Allow me to draw a comparison between this and asportingcompetition.
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We used to make it a kind ofsportingcompetition, and the experts who could devise a system of quick coaling earned the gratitude of all their shipmates.
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However, if a school is entering asportingcompetitionwith the aim of winning, the school ought to be free to select a team with the greatest likelihood of winning.
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Figure skating is not a ballet but asportingcompetition.
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Both clubs have a long history ofsportingcompetition, so their collaboration was a big step forward for rallying in the country.
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School achievements include representation at regional and state levels ofsportingcompetitionand performing arts opportunities.
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These trials are usually regarded as the first motorsportingcompetition.
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White opposition led to their exclusion from most organizedsportingcompetition.
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Initially, the term was used to describe athletic contests in generali.e.sportingcompetitionbased primarily on human physical feats.
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It became the first full-time nationalsportingcompetitionto have a team play at the stadium.
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Where thesportingcompetitionin question is a race then the incident is referred to as race fixing.
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The "house system" serves as an organisational basis for intra-collegesportingcompetitionas well as for participation in other aspects of college life.
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To commemorate the heroism of the conquering warriors, a wrestling tournament was re-enacted annually at this site, and the oldest still-contested sanctionedsportingcompetitionin the world began.
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