athletics

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n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)

1. Activities, such as sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill and stamina.
2. The principles or system of training and practice for such activities.

Original, and still major, British usage: competitive running or walking (‘track athletics’), jumping or throwing (‘field athletics’) — increasingly replaced, especially amongst practitioners, by the phrase ‘track and field’. More commonly in US and elsewhere: active sport generally.

— Neil C. Spurway

The central activities of athletics (or track and field events) are running, jumping, and throwing. These are also the core activities of many other sports and are dealt with in a number of separate entries: see jogging, jumping, sprint, and throwing.

IN BRIEF: n. - An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition; Participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity.

Athletics can influence a student's choice of colleges.

Dansk (Danish)
n. pl. - atletik
n. - atletik

Nederlands (Dutch)
atletiek

Français (French)
n. pl. - (GB) athlétisme, (US) sport
n. - athlétisme, événements/ compétitions d'athlétisme

Deutsch (German)
n. pl. - Leichtathletik, Sport
n. - Leichtathletik, Sport, sportliche Betätigung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αθλητ.) άθληση, αθλητισμός, σπορ

Italiano (Italian)
atletica

Português (Portuguese)
n. - atletismo (m)

Русский (Russian)
спорт, легкая атлетика

Español (Spanish)
n. pl. - atletismo, deportes
n. - atletismo, deportes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - friidrott
n. pl. - friidrott

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
体育运动, 竞技, 体育

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. pl. - 體育運動, 競技, 體育
n. - 體育運動, 競技, 體育

한국어 (Korean)
n. pl. - 운동 경기, 육상 경기 , 체육
n. - 운동 경기, 육상 경기, 체육

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 運動競技, 陸上競技, 体育

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألعاب رياضيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. pl. - ‮אתלטיקה, מקצועות המסלול והשדה - אתלטיקה קלה‬
n. - ‮תרגילי אתלטיקה, עקרונות האימון באתלטיקה‬

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