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Message: [QUOTE="Stu_Ungar, post: 1036378, member: 39779"] ???? [URL]http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sport?view=uk[/URL] According to the website sport is defined as the following [IMG]http://www.askoxford.com/images/phase_2/spc.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.askoxford.com/images/interface/concise_oed.gif[/IMG] [URL="http://www.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-861022-X?view=ask"][IMG]http://www.oup.co.uk/images/covers/0-19-861022-X.gif[/IMG][/URL] [B]sport[/B] • [B]noun[/B] [B]1[/B] an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others. [B]2[/B] [SIZE=-1]informal[/SIZE] a person who behaves in a good or specified way in response to teasing, defeat, etc. [B]3[/B] success or pleasure derived from an activity such as hunting. [B]4[/B] [SIZE=-1]dated[/SIZE] entertainment; fun. [B]5[/B] [SIZE=-1]chiefly Austral./NZ[/SIZE] a friendly form of address, especially between unacquainted men. [B]6[/B] [SIZE=-1]Biology[/SIZE] an animal or plant showing abnormal or striking variation from the parent type as a result of spontaneous mutation. • [B]verb[/B] [B]1[/B] wear or display (a distinctive item). [B]2[/B] amuse oneself or play in a lively way. [SIZE=-1]— PHRASES[/SIZE] [B]the sport of kings[/B] horse racing. [SIZE=-1]— DERIVATIVES[/SIZE] [B]sporter[/B] [SIZE=-1]noun[/SIZE]. [SIZE=-1]— ORIGIN[/SIZE] shortening of [URL="http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/disport"][SIZE=-1][COLOR=#0000ff]DISPORT[/COLOR][/SIZE][/URL]. I think you may be referring to an old copy of the dictionary as point 4 of the definition seems to correlate to the definition you quoted. It is marked as dated, meaning that the word was historically used in this way but the definition has been amended or updated for modern English. [/QUOTE]

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