disported

verb

Definition of disportednext
past tense of disport
1
as in amused
to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied disported themselves with silly games while they waited in the airport

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2
as in played
to engage in activity for amusement a full-service resort where vacationers may disport at a variety of indoor and outdoor activities

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3
as in danced
to play and run about happily the puppies disported in the backyard while we ate on the patio

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4
as in displayed
to present so as to invite notice or attention football fans triumphantly disported the sports memorabilia for which they had just paid extravagant prices

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disported
  1. amused
  2. played
  3. entertained
  4. recreated
  5. exhibited
  6. showed
  7. unveiled
  8. exposed
Verb
  • The show isn't satiric so much as amused by the absurd lengths to which the Kaylas of our society will go in pursuit of self-definition.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Lord John is amused by the question.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of amused
Verb
  • In March and April of 1965, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez played theaters together across the East Coast.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Chopra also appeared to have played dress-up with the toddler, who in one photo clapped her hands while sporting long, press-on nails.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of played
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  • But boy do these young guys want to be entertained!
    Tony Peters, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Verna, for one, imagined that the long, actionless stretches between football plays could be filled with clips of moments that had just transpired from different camera angles, keeping viewers entertained and engaged with the game.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of entertained
Verb
  • Fans quickly reposted and recreated the moment on social media following the exchange.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The two recreated the shot in a picture shared on Jowsey's Instagram Stories.
    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of recreated
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  • Again, this is the case because the level of intelligence exhibited is up for grabs.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Over the course of the two-week experiment, the rats exhibited strikingly different behaviors when faced with the combination of quinine and cocaine.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of exhibited
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  • Google first showed a demo of its all-encompassing, multimodal virtual assistant at Google I/O this spring and clearly imagines Astra as an always-on helper in your life.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024
  • An image shared by Emergency Lawyers showed shrouded bodies in a mass grave.
    Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of showed
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  • Eight years later, a statue in his honor was unveiled in the city’s Little Italy.
    Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, a Tax Notes investigation unveiled how money sheltered in offshore insurance investment vehicles has eluded IRS auditors hampered by poor training and silos within the agency.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of unveiled
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  • According to the Scary Movie star, years ago, before the birth of her youngest child, her four older kids were exposed to a different lifestyle.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The shutdown exposed serious risks around relying solely on external manufacturing.
    Dave Knox, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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