Meaning
A game in which two teams kick a round ball and try to score goals. The word also means the ball itself. American English calls this game soccer.
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Word origin
A compound of foot and ball, used since the 1400s for games played on foot rather than on horseback.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- foot + ball
- English cognates
- foot, ball
Grammar
Examples
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Football is played with the feet, not the hands.
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Here "football" is the ball itself.
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In American English this game is called soccer.
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