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Meanings of competitive sport in inglés

ruso
спорт высоких достижений
portugués
desporto competitivo
español
deporte competitivo
catalán
l'esport de competició

Applying an intensive sports, with the aim to achieve a high performance in the competition.

deporte competitivo
Usage of competitive sport in inglés
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Transportation With subways crippled in New York City, cab-flagging became a competitive sport.
Reuters
2
Olympic wresting is the real thing, the oldest known competitive sport.
The Irish Times
3
It made walking less of a competitive sport and allowed her to window-shop.
Diagnosis: danger
4
It's odd that such a competitive sport should embrace such an anticompetitive ritual.
Reuters
5
Only in Silicon Valley could raising money be turned into a competitive sport.
The Irish Times
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Here we have emphatic proof of the priceless value of confidence in competitive sport.
The Irish Times
7
Cameron agreed, saying: I would like to promote competitive sport.
The Guardian
8
Recreational and competitive sport could also restart, and libraries, playgrounds and museums would open.
The Guardian
9
The first transsexual person to play in competitive sport after transitioning was Renée Richards.
The Guardian
10
I used to date a woman whose family treated Christmas gift-giving as a competitive sport.
Ebony
11
Ofsted found a correlation between the quality of competitive sport provision and wider academic achievement.
The Guardian
12
By a bivariable Cox model, splice site mutations and competitive sport predicted sudden cardiac death.
Pubmed
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The report says schools should take care to differentiate their competitive sport offering from physical exercise.
The Guardian
14
Students in Hawaii could soon be competing against other schools in another competitive sport - surfing.
The Irish Times
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The quiz has grown since then, and some families have turned it into a competitive sport.
The Irish Times
16
In competitive sport, small advantages like this matter.
BBC
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Translations for competitive sport
Competitive sport across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common
United Kingdom
Rare