noun
1. a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start
• Syn: ↑broad jump
• Hypernyms: ↑field event
• Part Meronyms: ↑run-up
2. the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
• Syn: ↑broad jump
• Hypernyms: ↑jumping
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Track and Field.
1. a jump for distance from a running start.
2. a field event featuring competition in the long jump. Also called broad jump, running broad jump.
[1880-85]
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long jump noun
An athletic contest in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground from a running start
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Main Entry: ↑long
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long jump,
= broad jump. (Cf. ↑broad jump)
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n. the long jump an athletic event in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground in one leap
Derivatives:
long jumper n.
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noun
the long jump
: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to jump as far as they can
He won a gold medal in the long jump.
— sometimes used before another noun
a long jump competition
She set a long jump record at the meet.
; called also (US) the broad jump
long jumper noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]
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a sporting event in which people try to jump as far forward as possible after running up to a line
See also: ↑broad jump
Example Bank:
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Hansen came third in the long jump.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.