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TRACK AND FIELD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("track and field" is a kind of...):
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track and field"):
running; track (the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track)
jumping (the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump)
Holonyms ("track and field" is a part of...):
meet; sports meeting (a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held)