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Definition of tennis
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: an indoor or outdoor game that is played with rackets and a light elastic ball by two players or pairs of players on a level court (as of clay or grass) divided by a low net
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: court tennis
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Kate Middleton is a staple at Wimbledon and royal fans look forward to watching the duchess watch tennis all year. — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, "Kate Middleton's White Wimbledon Dress Is Finally Available to Purchase," 24 Aug. 2019 This week, Osaka is continuing her fashion world domination—and presumably her tennis domination, too—with an on-court look designed by Sacai’s Chitose Abe in partnership with Nike. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "US Open Champion Naomi Osaka Returns to Queens in a Custom Sacai x Nike Outfit," 23 Aug. 2019 Ahead of Wimbledon, the tennis supremo sat down with CNN Sport to tackle a revealing quickfire challenge. — CNN, "Naomi Osaka: Tennis star takes on the CNN quickfire challenge," 23 Aug. 2019 Her deftness with a tennis racket carried Jasmine Edwards from the family home in Southeast Florida to Baltimore’s Morgan State. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Minors: Padres prospect Xavier Edwards a fast study in California League," 22 Aug. 2019 After volunteering as team mother, scorekeeper and chauffeur to their children while they were involved in softball, baseball, tennis and soccer, Loretta was free to dabble in other pursuits when the couple became empty nesters. — Ramona Sentinel, "Donhams collect memories from a lifetime in Ramona," 22 Aug. 2019 Though her invention is used in everything from bullet-proof vests to tennis rackets, sneakers, and even snare drums, Kwolek signed away the patent royalties to the company. — Dan Samorodnitsky, Smithsonian, "You Can Thank Chemist Stephanie Kwolek for Bulletproof Vests and Yoga Pants," 21 Aug. 2019 Lewis, a Burbank native and 1976 Burroughs graduate, brings 45 years of tennis experience to the program. — Vincent Nguyenstaff Writer, Burbank Leader, "Girls’ Tennis Preview: Plenty to look forward to for trio of teams," 21 Aug. 2019 Stuart designed the club as a young pro in the 1970s, when the country was in a tennis boom. — Hillary Davis, Daily Pilot, "Newport’s Palisades Tennis Club to keep going after members appeal to landlord," 21 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tennis.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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tennis
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English Language Learners Definition of tennis
: a game that is played by two people or two pairs of people on a special court (called a tennis court) where they hit a small ball back and forth over a net using rackets
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tennis
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Kids Definition of tennis
: a game played on a level court by two or four players who use rackets to hit a ball back and forth across a low net dividing the court
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