English > lawn tennis: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | A game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
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| Synonym | tennis |
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| Category of | ace | Serve an ace against (someone) |
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| break, break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game / game when your opponent was serving |
| cut, undercut | (sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball |
| double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
| drive | (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash) |
| drop one's serve | Lose a game in which one is serving |
| fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) |
| forehand, forehand stroke, forehand shot | (sports) a return made with the palm of the hand facing the direction of the stroke (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| forehand drive | (sports) hard straight return made on the forehand side (as in tennis or badminton or squash) |
| game | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves |
| match point | (tennis) the final / final point needed to win / win a match (especially in tennis) |
| rally, exchange | (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes |
| serve, service | (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play |
| Parts | advantage | (tennis) first point scored after deuce |
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| footfault | A fault that occurs when the server in tennis fails to keep both feet behind the baseline |
| return | A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player |
| service break | A tennis game won on the opponent's service |
| set point | (tennis) the final / final point needed to win / win a set in tennis |
| Narrower | doubles | tennis played with two players on each side |
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| professional tennis | Playing tennis for money |
| royal tennis, real tennis, court tennis | An ancient form of tennis played in a four-walled court |
| singles | tennis played with one person on each side |
| Broader | court game | An athletic game played on a court |
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| Spanish | tenis |
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| Catalan | tenis, tennis |
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