basketball English · revision 4480

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=1892}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl/, US /ˈbæs.kət.bɔːl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[basket]] and [[ball]],^(Etymonline) coined in American English after the game was invented in 1891 by James A. Naismith, a physical education instructor in Springfield, Massachusetts.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ 1892, in American English, also written basket-ball.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The name describes the object of the game, to throw the ball into one of the two baskets at opposite ends of the court.^(Etymonline) The word also names the ball itself.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1891 – the game invented by Naismith.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1892 – the word first recorded.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A game between two teams of five players in which points are scored by throwing a ball through a raised [[hoop]] or basket on the opponents' side of a rectangular [[court]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The ball used in this game.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[basketballer]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[basket]]

+ * [[ball]]

+ * [[netball]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}