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# tennis

noun (tennis)

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

## Everyday

1. Tennis is a sport for two or four players who hit a small ball over a net with rackets on a court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#m1)
2. Table tennis is a different game played on a table with small bats and a light ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#m2)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport, tennis teaches hand-eye coordination; scores go love (0), 15, 30, 40, then game. Famous tournaments include Wimbledon in England, the US Open and the Australian Open. In maths, tennis scores are a fun puzzle because they do not go up by the same amount each time. Phrases: «play tennis», «tennis ball», «tennis racket», «tennis court».

### Examples

- We play tennis in the park after school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x1)
- Pass me the tennis racket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x2)
- The tennis ball bounced over the net. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x3)
- Wimbledon is a famous tennis tournament. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x4)
- In tennis, «love» means zero. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x5)
- She hit the ball hard with her tennis racket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x6)
- They played doubles tennis, two against two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x7)
- My brother plays table tennis at the club. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x8)
- ‘Sire, this morning we were all playing tennis in the court, the prince and this gentleman with the rest, when there broke out some dispute about the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tennis/#x9)

### Note

Uncountable: «play tennis», not «play a tennis» and not «play the tennis». In tennis scoring, the steps are 15, 15, then 10 (0 → 15 → 30 → 40), which can trap you in a maths question. Spelling: two n's in the middle, then -is.

## On Mova

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