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6 definitions • 7 examples
1
a
game
played
between
two
teams
of
eleven
people, where each
team
tries
to
win
by
kicking
a
ball
into the other team's
goal
:
Examples:
a football
player
/
team
He's playing football.
football
match
Are you coming to the football
match
?
I'm not a big football
fan
.
2
a
game
for two
teams
of
eleven
players
in which an
oval
ball
is
moved
along
the
field
by running with it or
throwing
it:
Examples:
a football
game
3
a
large
ball
made of
leather
or
plastic
and
filled
with
air
, used in
games
of football
4
a
large
ball
made of
leather
or
plastic
and
filled
with
air
, used in
games
of
American
football
5
(the
oval
ball
used in) a
game
played
by two
teams
in which each
team
tries
to
kick
, run with, or
throw
the
ball
across
the
opposing
team
’s
goal
line to
score
points
.
American
and
Canadian
football
differ
in the
number
of
players
, the
size
of the
field
, and some
rules
of play:
Examples:
[
C
] Mom
bought
me a football.
[
U
] Let’s play football after
lunch
.
6
Football also means
soccer
in most of the world.
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