"professional sport" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: professional sports [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} professional sport (plural professional sports)
  1. (sports) Sport in which athletes receive payment for their performance. Wikipedia link: professional sport Categories (topical): Sports Translations (sport by paid athletes): ammattilaisurheilulaji (Finnish), Profisport [masculine] (German), επαγγελματικός αθλητισμός (epangelmatikós athlitismós) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-professional_sport-en-noun-SM35HKgm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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