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tennis

US /ˈtɛnəs/

noun Core · B1 Giải trí & truyền thông

Definition

a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Our colleagues play tennis together every Saturday morning.

Collocations

  • Easy tennis ball
    describing tennis ball (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
  • Medium corporate tennis tournament networking event
    describing corporate tennis tournament networking event (of or belonging to a corporation)
  • Hard professional tennis tour sponsorship contract
    describing professional tennis tour sponsorship contract (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)
  • Very Hard verbal tennis match of evasive non-answers
    describing verbal tennis match of evasive non-answers (communicated in the form of words)

Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.