tennis

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Middle English tennys, teneys, tenis, from Old French tenez (second-person plural imperative of tenir (“to hold”)).

In classic literature

Synonyms

lawn tennis

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