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tennis

[ ten-is ]

noun

  1. a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with rackets, in which a ball is driven back and forth over a low net that divides the court in half.


tennis

/ ˈɛɪ /

noun

    1. a racket game played between two players or pairs of players who hit a ball to and fro over a net on a rectangular court of grass, asphalt, clay, etc See also lawn tennis real tennis court tennis table tennis
    2. ( as modifier )

      tennis court

      tennis racket

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tennis1

1350–1400; Middle English tenetz, ten ( e ) ys < Anglo-French: take!, imperative plural of tenir to hold, take, receive, apparently used as a server's call
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tennis1

C14: probably from Anglo-French tenetz hold (imperative), from Old French tenir to hold, from Latin ٱŧ
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Locals "have more to worry about" than the Madrid Open tennis tournament being suspended, she said, adding there is "very little news about what's happened".

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Girls tennis and girls volleyball also won their own state titles.

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