noun
a contest between athletes
• Syn: ↑athletic contest, ↑athletics
• Hypernyms: ↑contest, ↑competition
• Hyponyms:
↑decathlon, ↑Olympic Games, ↑Olympics, ↑Olympiad, ↑Special Olympics, ↑preliminary, ↑prelim, ↑pentathlon, ↑meet, ↑sports meeting, ↑triple jump, ↑hop-step-and-jump, ↑tug-of-war
Useful english dictionary. 2012.