Play
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Activity for amusement only, especially among the young. The conduct, or course of a game. An individual's performance in a sport or game. (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play. A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters and speaking the dialogue. A theatrical performance featuring actors. A major move by a business. A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other resources. The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely. Sexual role-playing (as in , , ).
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation. To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex. To play a sport. To produce music using a musical instrument. To act in a performance as the indicated role. To participate in the game indicated. To produce music on the indicated musical instrument. To produce music, the indicated song or style, with a musical instrument. To use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording. Contrary to fact, to give an appearance of being. In a game or game-like setting, to maintain a posture of being.
Example sentence: Experience without theory is blind, but theory without experience is mere intellectual play.
Sport
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: suitable for use in athletic activities
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to amuse oneself, to playto mock or tease, treat lightly, toy withto wear (something) with prideto bear a mark or wound with embarrassment
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive.A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes.An amorous dalliance.
Example sentence: The only way to prove that you're a good sport is to lose.