Upper-Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #802 of 1319

sportsmanship (n.)

fair play

Examples

  • Show sportsmanship.

Key rules

  • Sportsmanship is fair and polite behaviour in sport
  • Show sportsmanship, good sportsmanship
  • Sportsmanship is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • His sportsmanships is excellent → His sportsmanship is excellent
💡 Tip: Sports // Ethics // Competitions
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