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UK
/æθlˈɛtɪks/
]
[ US /æθˈɫɛtɪks/ ]
[ US /æθˈɫɛtɪks/ ]
NOUN
- an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
- a contest between athletes
How To Use athletics In A Sentence
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- The athletics track was dug out after the Games and a new tier of seats dug in. Times, Sunday Times
- They acted like some surreptitious athletics officials who could not wait to be the first to give the media a scoop and doubtless court future favour as a reward.
- Football was number one but he had also done athletics, basketball, volleyball and cricket.
- It's no secret that inner-city coaches in any sport have one of the toughest jobs in all of high school athletics.
- They are also skeptical about intercollegiate athletics and campus activities related to distance learning.
- The athletics win provided a much-needed fillip to/for national pride.
- Fueling emotions on the campus is the discovery that the university forgave $31.4 million in athletics debts in 2007. College football coaches see salaries rise in down economy
- For there is some degree of blindness and fear about these things, an avoidance of the spirit in athletics.
- He competed in four Olympic Games and did not retire from professional athletics until 1995.