Decathlon

/ɖᵻˈkat̪ʰ.lɔn/

Synonyms for "decathlon" (26 found)

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Noun(1 words)
multievent competition

Related words (13)

Noun(3 words)
ten-event competitionten-event contesttrack and field contest

Related word relations

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More general

4 entries
athletic competitionathletic contestathleticssport

More specific

4 entries
100 metresjavelin throwlong jumpshot put

Collocations

6 entries
Olympic decathlondecathlon eventsdecathlon recordsdecathlon scoredecathlon trainingmulti-event competition

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

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If you participate in a decathlon you'll be throwing a discus at some point.

Source: tatoeba (733779)

He entered U.C.L.A. in 1954 and played for the renowned coach John Wooden’s basketball team there while training for decathlons.

Source: wiktionary

For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.

Source: wiktionary

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