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SPORT
sport (noun)

Sounds:
- /spɔːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /spɔɹt/ (General-American)
- /spɔː/ (Tasmanian)
- /spo(ː)ɹt/
- /spoət/

Forms:
- sports (plural)

sport (noun) senses:
1. (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
2. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
3. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
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sport (verb)

Forms:
- sports (present, singular, third-person)
- sporting (participle, present)
- sported (participle, past)
- sported (past)

sport (verb) senses:
1. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
2. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
3. (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
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💡 Example 💡 Indian wrestle

Indian wrestle (verb): Indian Wrestle. Two boys lie down alongside of each other, with the feet pointing in opposite directions. They lock the near elbows firmly. Each then raises the near leg three times, one or both counting (Fig. 9). / On the third count they interlock the legs near the knee and try by main strength to turn each other over backward.

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🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

They have been following a strict fitness routine.
🗣 Conversation 🗣

After seeing her across the room at a bar, Carson showed Aubrey interest.
- (Aubrey) I saw Carson staring at me from across the room.
- Where were you guys?
- We were at the bar.
- It must have been love at first sight.
- Maybe so. He stared at me the whole time.
- Does he stand a chance?
🌜 Present Perfect Continuous 🌛

They have been working on the project together for a while.
SCOPE
scope (noun)

Sounds:
- /ˈskəʊp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈskoʊp/ (US)

Forms:
- scopes (plural)

scope (noun) senses:
1. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
2. (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
3. Opportunity; broad range; degree of freedom.
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scope (verb)

Forms:
- scopes (present, singular, third-person)
- scoping (participle, present)
- scoped (participle, past)
- scoped (past)

scope (verb) senses:
1. (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
2. (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
3. To define the scope of something.
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💡 Example 💡 completely

completely (adv): I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.

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🗣 Conversation 🗣

- of course you do.
- i wish i had never started.
🌜 Past Continuous 🌛

The workers were assembling the furniture.
DOMESTIC
domestic (adj)

Sounds:
- /ˌdəˈmɛ.stɪk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /-stək/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Forms:
- more domestic (comparative)
- most domestic (superlative)

domestic (adj) senses:
1. Of or relating to the home.
2. Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
3. (of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
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domestic (noun)

Forms:
- domestics (plural)

domestic (noun) senses:
1. A maid or household servant.
2. A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent.