athletics
/æθˈlɛtɪks/
athletics noun: a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking. Also the plural of athletic.
Noun
athletics pl (plural only)
- A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
- Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
- The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence.2009 January 17, William C. Rhoden, “University Sells Itself During Playoffs”, in The New York Times
Proper noun capitalized: Athletics
Athletics
- The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics.
- Nickname for many athletic teams whose full name includes "Athletics".
Also used as
athletics is also the plural of athletic.
athletics meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
athletics in Hindi
- (chiefly US) physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness, and skill
- खेलकूद khelkūd, व्यायाम vyāyām
athletics in Marathi
- एथलेटिक्स, अॅथलेटिक्स, ऍथलेटिक्स
athletics in Urdu
- ایتھلیٹکس
athletics in Bengali
- অ্যাথলেটিক্স, অ্যাথলেটিকস
More languagesFewer languages
- athletics in Telugu
- అథ్లెటిక్స్
- athletics in Malayalam
- അത്ലറ്റിക്സ്, അഥ്ലെറ്റിക്സ്
- athletics in Kannada
- ಅಥ್ಲೆಟಿಕ್ಸ್
- athletics in Punjabi
- ਅਥਲੈਟਿਕਸ, ਐਥਲੈਟਿਕਸ
- athletics in Gujarati
- એથ્લેટિક્સ, એથલેટિક્સ, ઍથ્લેટિક્સ
- athletics in Odia
- ଆଥଲେଟିକ୍ସ, ଆଥ୍ଲେଟିକ୍ସ
- athletics in Nepali
- एथलेटिक्स, एथ्लेटिक्स
- athletics in Malay
- olahraga
- athletics in Indonesian
- atletik
Examples of athletics in a sentence
- Since retiring from athletics, he has developed a paunch.
- An example of layer-cake federalism is recreation programs such as athletics or instructional programs.
- Students approach athletics at the College in a typically unusual, but very "Shimerian" way.
Origin of athletics
From athletic: see -ics. Probably formed on the model of gymnastics.
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Words formed from athletics
Questions about athletics
- What does athletics mean?
- Athletics means a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
- What is athletics in Hindi?
- Athletics in Hindi is खेलकूद (khelkūd), व्यायाम (vyāyām). See Athletics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is athletics?
- Athletics can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce athletics?
- Athletics is pronounced /æθˈlɛtɪks/.
Words near athletics in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: athletics (page history and authors); Athletics (page history and authors); athletics (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athletics (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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