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noun
an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.
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Decathlon
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- He was a long jumper, a high jumper, a triple jumper and a decathlon participant.
Collins
World English Dictionary
| decathlon (dɪˈkæθlɒn) | |
| —n | |
| Compare pentathlon an athletic contest for men in which each athlete competes in ten different events | |
| [C20: from | |
| de'cathlete | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
decathlon
1912, from deca "ten" + Gk. athlon "contest, prize." A modern Olympic event consisting of 10 challenges.
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