Definition of Professional basketball

1. Noun. Playing basketball for money.

Generic synonyms: Sport, Basketball, Basketball Game, Hoops
Examples of category: Quarter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Professional Basketball

proferred
proferring
profers
profert
proferts
profess
professed
professed(a)
professedly
professes
professing
profession
professional
professional baseball
professional basketball (current term)
professional boxing
professional dancer
professional football
professional foul
professional golf
professional golfer
professional life
professional organisation
professional organization
professional person
professional politician
professional politicians

Literary usage of Professional basketball

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"The link between these worlds is widely romanticized in professional basketball and related advertizing, with images of ghetto courts and rusting, ..."

2. The Italian Contribution to American Democracy by John Horace Mariano (1921)
"An instance in point is the case of the well-known Cathedral Separates, a professional basketball team that was a member of the Tri-State League. ..."

3. Handbook of Reference Sources and Services for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries by Margaret I. Nicholas (1996)
"ISBN 0-312-08306-8 This work surveys professional basketball from 1986 through the 1991-92 NBA season. Arranged by decades, each section provides the ..."

4. Professional Sports: The Challenges Facing the Future of the Industry (1998)
"... also presently the subject of federal antitrust litigation in both professional basketball and professional hockey.15 {footnote continued) Sports. Inc.. ..."

5. Professional Sports: The Challenges Facing the Future of the Industry (1998)
"... also presently the subject of federal antitrust litigation in both professional basketball and professional hockey.15 (footnote continued) Sporu. Inc.. ..."

6. Daily Geography Practice by Sandi Johnson (2004)
"A Cultural Map: National Basketball Association Introducing the Map Survey the students to find out how many watch professional basketball. ..."

7. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"And one should not assume that well is avoided out of ignorance—a professional basketball coach interviewed on television after a game began by saying that ..."

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