Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to sport
Participle: sported
Gerund: sporting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | sport |
| you | sport |
| he;she;it | sports |
| we | sport |
| you | sport |
| they | sport |
Perfect
| I | have sported |
| you | have sported |
| he;she;it | has sported |
| we | have sported |
| you | have sported |
| they | have sported |
Past
| I | sported |
| you | sported |
| he;she;it | sported |
| we | sported |
| you | sported |
| they | sported |
Pluperfect
| I | had sported |
| you | had sported |
| he;she;it | had sported |
| we | had sported |
| you | had sported |
| they | had sported |
Future
| I | will sport |
| you | will sport |
| he;she;it | will sport |
| we | will sport |
| you | will sport |
| they | will sport |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sported |
| you | will have sported |
| he;she;it | will have sported |
| we | will have sported |
| you | will have sported |
| they | will have sported |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | sport |
| you | sport |
| he;she;it | sport |
| we | sport |
| you | sport |
| they | sport |
Perfect
| I | have sported |
| you | have sported |
| he;she;it | have sported |
| we | have sported |
| you | have sported |
| they | have sported |
Imperfect
| I | sported |
| you | sported |
| he;she;it | sported |
| we | sported |
| you | sported |
| they | sported |
Pluperfect
| I | had sported |
| you | had sported |
| he;she;it | had sported |
| we | had sported |
| you | had sported |
| they | had sported |
Conditional
Present
| I | would sport |
| you | would sport |
| he;she;it | would sport |
| we | would sport |
| you | would sport |
| they | would sport |
Perfect
| I | would have sported |
| you | would have sported |
| he;she;it | would have sported |
| we | would have sported |
| you | would have sported |
| they | would have sported |
Imperative
| you | sport |
| we | Let's sport |
| you | sport |
Verbs conjugated like 'sport'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sport'
asport,
port,
short,
snort,
sort,
spirt,
spore,
spork,
sports,
spot,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
3. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
4. Proto-Italic *dis-
5. Latin dis-
6. Old French des-
7. Proto-Indo-European *per-
8. Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂
9. Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
10. Proto-Italic *portā
11. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
12. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
13. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
14. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
15. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
16. Proto-Italic *-ājō
17. Proto-Italic *-āō
18. Proto-Italic *portāō
19. Latin portāre
20. Old French porter
21. Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
22. Middle English disporten
23. Middle English sporten
24. English sport
25. From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.
Sample Sentences
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[...] was plain to see how old and firm the girlish heart was grown under the discipline of heavy sorrow; and when, anon, her large dark eye was raised to follow the gambols of her little Harry, who was sporting, like some tropical butterfly, hither and thither over the floor, she showed a depth of firmness and steady resolve that was never there in her earlier and happier days.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)