track meet


noun
  1. a series of athletic contests such as running and jumping, usually including most track-and-field events.

Origin of track meet

1
An Americanism dating back to 1900–05

Words Nearby track meet

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How to use track meet in a sentence

  • I don't see how any track meet could prove a greater success.

  • He began a discussion of the approaching track-meet in which Kenwick was to support his championship for the hundred-yard dash.

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  • The fall track meet was not of the same importance as that in the spring, which was a scratch event.

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British Dictionary definitions for track meet

track meet

noun
  1. US and Canadian an athletics meeting

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