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esport

esport is the alternative form of e-sport.

Noun capitalized: eSport

eSport (plural eSports)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of e-sport.
    • Riot in particular has taken a direct role in the growth of League of Legends as an eSport.2014, Paul Tassi, Fanboy Wars: The Fight For The Future Of Video Games
    • Holding the definition(s) of sport aside for a moment, it is important to define what an eSport is.2015, Jacob A. Ratliff, Integrating Video Game Research and Practice in Library and Information Science

Forms of esport

pluralesports
pluraleSports

Origin of esport

From e- + sport.

Questions about esport

What is esport the alternative form of?
Esport is the alternative form of e-sport.
What part of speech is esport?
Esport is a noun.
What is the plural of esport?
The plural of esport is esports.

Words near esport in the dictionary

  1. espontons
  2. espontoon
  3. espontoons
  4. Espoo
  5. Espoonian
  6. esport
  7. esports
  8. Esposito
  9. espousable
  10. espousage
  11. espousal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: esport (page history and authors); eSport (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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