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 Definitions of athletics  [æθˈlɛt ɪks]  

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Definition of 'athletics' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) athletics
(usu. used with a pl. v.) athletic sports, as running, rowing, or boxing.

2.  athletics
Brit. track-and-field events.

3.  athletics
(usu. used with a sing. v.) the practice of athletic exercises; the principles of athletic training.

Etymology:  (1595–1605)

Definition of 'athletics' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) sport, athletics
an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

2. (noun) athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
a contest between athletes

3. (noun) athletics
participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity


Definition of 'athletics' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) athletics
sports
participation in athletics

2.  athletics
sports including track and other related events
athletics competitions


Definition of 'athletics' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) athletics
the art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes


Translation of 'athletics' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the sports of running, jumping etc or competitions in these
Athletics was my favourite activity at school.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: atletiek Arabic flag Arabic: ألْعاب رِياضِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: лека атлетика
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atletismo Czech flag Czech: atletika German flag German: die Leichtathletik
Danish flag Danish: idræt; atletik Greek flag Greek: αθλήματα στίβου Spanish flag Spanish: atletismo
Estonian flag Estonian: kergejõustik Farsi flag Farsi: ورزش Finnish flag Finnish: urheilu
French flag French: athlétisme Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַתלֵטִיקָה Hindi flag Hindi: खेल-कूद
Croatian flag Croatian: atletika Hungarian flag Hungarian: atlétika Indonesian flag Indonesian: atletik
Icelandic flag Icelandic: (frjáls)íþróttir Italian flag Italian: atletica Japanese flag Japanese: 運動競技
Korean flag Korean: 운동 경기 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atletika Latvian flag Latvian: atlētika
Malay flag Malay: olahraga Dutch flag Dutch: atletiek Norwegian flag Norwegian: (fri)idrett; kroppsøving
Polish flag Polish: lekka atletyka Persian flag Persian: ورزش Pashto flag Pashto: سپورټ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: atletismo Romanian flag Romanian: atle­­tism Russian flag Russian: атлетика
Slovak flag Slovak: atletika Slovenian flag Slovenian: atletika Serbian flag Serbian: atletika
Swedish flag Swedish: friidrott Thai flag Thai: การกีฬา Turkish flag Turkish: atletizm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 田徑運動或比賽 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: атлетика Urdu flag Urdu: ورزش ، کھیل کود
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: điền kinh Chinese flag Chinese: 体育运动,竞技

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