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professional sport

sport in which athletes receive payment for their sports performance
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professional sport
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professional sport

Summary

professional sport ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (767 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • professional sport is a type of sport[2].
  • professional sport is a type of economic activity[3].
  • professional sport is a type of entertainment[4].
  • professional sport's said to be the same as is recorded as elite sport competition[5].
  • professional sport is the opposite of amateur sports[6].
  • professional sport's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Professional sports[7].
  • professional sport's different from is recorded as elite sport competition[8].
  • professional sport's practiced by is recorded as professional athlete[9].
  • professional sport's greater than is recorded as semi-professional sports[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include sport[2], economic activity[3], and entertainment[4]. professional sport is the opposite of amateur sports[6].

Why It Matters

professional sport ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (767 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → professional athlete
    Opposite of → amateur sports
    Greater than → semi-professional sports
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 14504, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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