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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court [syn: tennis ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. tennis played on a grass court

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tennis \Ten"nis\, n. [OE. tennes, tenies, tenyse; of uncertain origin, perhaps fr. F. tenez hold or take it, fr. tenir to hold (see Tenable ).] A play in which a ball is driven to and fro, or kept in motion by striking it with a racket or with the open ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Without glasses she couldn't even begin to play lawn tennis or aim a rifle.