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# sportsmanship

noun (sportsmanship — uncountable)

«sportsmanship» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Playing fairly and kindly in sport or games: following the rules, respecting the other team and the referee, and being a good winner and a good loser. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#m1)

### In the lessons

In PE lessons and school sports days, teachers reward good sportsmanship: shaking hands after a match, helping a player who fell, not cheating and not sulking. In stories, a character who shows sportsmanship is admired even if they lose. Phrases: good sportsmanship, show sportsmanship, sportsmanship award.

### Examples

- Shaking hands after the game shows good sportsmanship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x1)
- She won the sportsmanship award. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x2)
- Cheating is bad sportsmanship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x3)
- He stopped to help the runner who fell; that was real sportsmanship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x4)
- Say "well played" to the other team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x5)
- Our coach cares about sportsmanship more than winning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable: "good sportsmanship", not "a sportsmanship". A "good sport" is a person who plays fairly and takes losing well. Some people say "sporting behaviour" or "fair play", which mean the same thing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sportsmanship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sportsmanship/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sportsmanship» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sportsmanship.html) on Mova free.