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soc·cer
(sŏk′ər)n.
1. A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.
2. Indoor soccer.
[From alteration of assoc., abbreviation of association football.]
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soccer
(ˈsɒkə)n
(Soccer)
a. a game in which two teams of eleven players try to kick or head a ball into their opponent's goal, only the goalkeeper on either side being allowed to touch the ball with his hands and arms except in the case of throw-ins
b. (as modifier): a soccer player.
[C19: from (as)soc. + -er]
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soc•cer
(ˈsɒk ər)n.
a form of football played by two 11-member teams, in which the ball may be kicked or bounced off any part of the body but the arms and hands: only goalkeepers may use their hands to maneuver the ball.
[1890–95; (As)soc(iation football) + -er7]
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| Noun | 1. |  soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goalheader - (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head goal-kick - (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line place kick, place-kicking - (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking free kick - (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team own goal - (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game" football, football game - any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal headshot - an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head goalmouth - (sports) the area immediately in front of the goal net - a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) cup final - the final match of any cup competition (such as the annual final of the English soccer competition at Wembley) winger - (sports) player in wing position |
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soccer
noun football (Brit.), Association Football There were reports of violence involving soccer fans.
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Translations
كُرَةُ القَدَملُعْبَة كُرَة القَدَم
fotbalkopaná
fodbold
فوتبال
jalkapallo
nogomet
focifutballlabdarúgás
sepakbola
fótboltiknattspyrna
サッカーフットボール蹴球
축구
futbolas
futbols
fotbal
fotbalfutbal
nogomet
ногометфудбал
fotboll
ฟุตบอล
копаний м’ячсокерфутбол
bóng đá
soccer
[ˈsɒkəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
soccer
[ˈsɒkər] modif [player, match, pitch] → de footballsoccer pitch n → terrain m de footballsoccer player n → footballeur m
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soccer
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
soccer
(ˈsokə) noun football played according to certain rules.
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soccer
→ كُرَةُ القَدَم fotbal fodbold Fußball ποδόσφαιρο fútbol jalkapallo football nogomet calcio フットボール 축구 voetbal fotball piłka nożna futebol футбол fotboll ฟุตบอล futbol bóng đá 足球Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- I'd like to see a soccer game (US)
I'd like to see a football match (UK) - Let's play soccer (US)
Let's play football (UK)
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soccer
n fútbol or futbol mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.