basketball

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UK /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/ US /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/

noun 2verb 2

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

college, professional

QUANT

game

VERB + BASKETBALL

play | watch

BASKETBALL + NOUN

championship, match | court | coach, player, star, team | referee, umpire

Definitions

noun

A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

to play basketball

He pursued basketball as his career.

The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

verb

To play basketball.

by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league

To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.

He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players

hoops

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

to play basketball

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He pursued basketball as his career.

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Children playing basketball at their home in front of the John Amos coal-fired power plant in Poca, W.Va. President Biden’s infrastructure plan includes climate change measures that aim to close coal-

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by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league

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He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.

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Yoshio said he would pay as much as 15,000 yen for a new pair of basketball shoes, but I thought that was quite expensive.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, basketball is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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