Water sport

How it is used

Used as a broad category in clubs, travel, and sports programs. It can refer to one activity or to water-based sports in general.

Example sentences

1. Because the lake freezes in winter, the club switches from water sport training to indoor conditioning classes.

   Here it refers broadly to activities practiced on the water, not to one specific discipline.

2. The school added a new water sport option, and many students chose kayaking instead of track and field.

   In this sentence, the term labels a type of sport category from which a specific activity can be chosen.

Common collocations

• water sport club
• water sport equipment
• water sport training
• competitive water sport

Related terms

• team sportA sport in which players play together as a team against another team, such as football, basketball, volleyball or handball.
• track and fieldThe group of sports that includes running races, jumping and throwing events, held on a running track and the field inside it.

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