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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Sport sparspar1 /spɑː $ spɑːr/ verb (sparred, sparring) [intransitive] 1 DSto practise boxing with someonespar with He broke his nose while sparring with Vega.2 ARGUEto argue with someone but not in an unpleasant wayspar over Senators are sparring over the health bill.spar with He’s been sparring with the security guards. → sparring partner → See Verb table Examples from the Corpusspar• Foreman was cut over his right eye while sparring.• The two have sparred for months over the health bill.• Before Alan, it was just the two of them sparring over terms, a competition between two fiercely competitive players.• Right away they were sparring, wary of each other.• Bill MacCallum and Shelton have sparred with Hilderbrand for years.• He has already sparred with Michael Bates on virtually all topics.Related topics: Water sparspar2 noun [countable] TTWa thick pole, especially one used on a ship to support sails or ropes → mastExamples from the Corpusspar• Patiently Loi and Mark set about constructing another spar.• Then a submersible pump, concealed in a sump, conveys it back up to a blockwork filter filled with Canterbury spar.• The scaffolding, explains Miss Edwards in her book, was improvised from spars and oars.• An old white gate with no middle spar, Rusty bikes and the door of a car.• A fractional rig is set on a Proctor spar with swept-back spreaders.• Strangely, one of the spars from the bed's headboard seemed to be missing.Origin spar (1500-1600) Probably from spur
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spar
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they spar
he, she, it spars
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they sparred
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have sparred
he, she, it has sparred
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had sparred
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will spar
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have sparred
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Continuous Form
Present
I am sparring
he, she, it is sparring
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you, we, they are sparring
Past
I, he, she, it was sparring
you, we, they were sparring
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been sparring
he, she, it has been sparring
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been sparring
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be sparring
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been sparring
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