esports

American  

[ee-spawrts] / ˈiˌspɔrts /

Or e-sports

noun

1. (usually used with a plural verb) competitive tournaments of video games, especially among professional gamers.

2. (used with a singular verb) esport, a video game suited to or popular in this kind of tournament.

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adjective

1. of or relating to esports.

   an esports event;

   esports gambling.

Etymology

Origin of esports

First recorded in 1995–2000; e- ² (electronic) + sports

Example Sentences

Elz is not the first female host of the Bafta Games Awards - esports presenter Frankie Ward, and TV presenter Elle Osili-Wood have also fronted the ceremony.

From BBC

There is also a Formula One racetrack, a soccer stadium and an esports venue under construction in Qiddiya.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is working to combine the Los Angeles Times with studios and esports ventures and plans to take the company public.

From The Wall Street Journal

The billionaire announced plans last July to combine the paper with studios and esports and take the Los Angeles Times’s parent company public.

From The Wall Street Journal

A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced two eSports players to three months in detention for cheating at the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand last year.

From Barron's