sportswear

[spawrts-wair, spohrts-]

noun

1. clothing designed for wear while playing golf or tennis, hiking, bicycling, jogging, etc.; activewear.

2. men's or women's clothing consisting of separate pieces, as jackets, trousers, sweaters, skirts, and shirts, that are casually styled and can be worn worn singly or in various combinations for business and informal activity.

sportswear

/ ˈspɔːtsˌwɛə /

noun

1. clothes worn for sport or outdoor leisure wear

Word History and Origins

Origin of sportswear¹

First recorded in 1910–15; sports + wear

Example Sentences

In September sportswear giants Nike announced it would provide free boots, external for WSL and WSL2 players, and gloves for keepers - standard practice at the top level of the men's game.

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"I can go to the supermarket in sportswear, my hair in disarray, and nobody cares," she told the podcast Table and Manners in 2023.

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German sportswear giant Adidas raised its 2025 earnings forecast after posting a jump in third quarter sales and claiming to have limited the impact from US tariffs.

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But as David Moor, author and editor of the Historical Kits website, explains, all that changed after a chance encounter between then Leeds United manager Don Revie and Bert Patrick, founder of Admiral sportswear company.

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The sportswear company posted a surprise sales increase—in large part due to improving trends in North America, the company’s biggest market, where sales rose 4%.

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