Basketball Game (Noun)
Meaning
A game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The crowd was cheering loudly as the basketball game entered its final minutes with the score tied.
- He spent the whole evening watching the live basketball game on television.
- The local college sponsored a charity basketball game featuring alumni from the last decade.
- Her favorite player made a three-pointer at the end of the basketball game to win it.
- The basketball game between the two rival schools had been highly anticipated for weeks.