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Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A match between two teams of two players each.

CONT

The term "doubles," as used in sports like tennis and badminton, refers to games with two players on each side.

OBS

Rallies can be shorter and quicker than in singles play because now there are more players on only a slightly larger playing surface.

OBS

The word "game" in the term "doubles game," does not imply a subunit of a "tennis match." In this context, "game" is being used synonymously with "match."

OBS

doubles: Term always used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

[Partie disputée entre deux équipes formées] de deux joueurs ou de deux joueuses.

CONT

[...] deux joueurs disputent le double de deuxième jour, au meilleur des cinq matches.

CONT

Double junior, filles : DeVilliers-Jeffs battent Marariu-Varmuzova 6-3, 6-4.

CONT

Le tennis est un sport de raquette qui oppose deux joueurs (match de simple), sur un terrain restreint où l'on enlève les deux barres extérieures parallèles du court de tennis, ou deux équipes de deux joueurs (match de double) sur un terrain normal.

CONT

Les rencontres se composent de quatre matchs en simple et d'un match en double.

OBS

Pluriel : des matchs ou des matches.

OBS

matchs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée dans les Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

PHR

Jouer en double.

Key term(s)
  • jeu de doubles

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
CONT

El doble. El objetivo primordial del juego de dobles es la posición de la red.

CONT

Treinta minutos después de [haber] terminado el partido de dobles por cuartos de final en Flushing Meadow [Nueva York], partido que jugó y ganó junto a Steffi Graf contra Garrison-McNeil [...]

CONT

¿Puede el jugador que efectúa el saque, en un partido de individuales, colocarse en la parte de la línea de fondo, y detrás de ella, situada entre las líneas que delimitan lateralmente el campo para individuales y las que lo delimitan, asimismo lateralmente, para los partidos de dobles?

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Record 2 2008-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Team Sports (General)
  • Various Sports (General)
DEF

The round of an elimination tournament which precedes the semifinal round and in which 4 matches remain to be played.

CONT

The round in which only eight [players or teams] remain at the start is generally called the quarter-final round; this is followed by the semi-final round in which only four are left, the two winners of which then meet in the final, or championship round.

OBS

Usually used in the plural, except when used as an adjective (his quarter-final match).

Key term(s)
  • quarter finals
  • quarterfinals
  • quarter-finals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
  • Sports divers (Généralités)
CONT

En double, Lefebvre et son partenaire Eric Godin s'arrêtaient aux quarts de finale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos y competiciones (Deportes)
  • Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
  • Deportes diversos (Generalidades)
CONT

Treinta minutos después de terminar el partido de dobles por cuartos de final en Flushing Meadow [Nueva York], partido que jugó y ganó junto a Steffi Graf contra Garrison-McNeil.

PHR

alcanzar los cuartos de final.

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Record 3 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

Flushing is that practice of feeding thin ewes more generously during the period of two or three weeks immediately prior to breeding. This may be accomplished either by providing more lush pasture or range or by grain feeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
DEF

Suralimentation des brebis en prévision de l'agnelage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
DEF

Recurso de manejo, en la majada de cría, que consiste en el aumento del nivel de alimentación, desde las 2 a 3 semanas previas al momento de encarnerar, con la finalidad de aumentar la ovulación y mejorar las condiciones de fertilidad y fecundidad de las ovejas.

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