Event and Sport

Event

Event noun - A competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize.

Usage example: figure skating is usually one of the most popular events in the winter Olympics

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Sport and event are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sport" instead a noun "Event".

Nearby Words: eventual, eventful, eventuality, eventless

Sport noun - Activity engaged in to amuse oneself.

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Event and sport are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Event" instead a noun "Sport".

Nearby Words: sports, sportive, sporty, sporting, sported

particular	particular event	particular sport
similar	similar event	similar sport
common	common event	common sport
specific	specific event	specific sport
Other adjectives: original, single, small, actual, entire, real, big, serious, bad, terrible, new, major, given, titular, magical, biggest.

Its relative simplicity has helped made it the world's most popular sport — so much, that its biggest event, The World Cup, is THE biggest event in the world.

Source: Simple, yet Awesome
The first instance you see this event (in the Youth chapter) it will be a choice of what sport you'd like to play.

Source: Video Game / Dr. Health'nstein's Body Fun
Auschlander makes reference to a news, sport, or cultural event in his conversations with other doctors, with the references going back three years each subsequent episode.

Source: Series / St. Elsewhere

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