Sports / B2

ath-LET-iks/æθˈletɪks/

Athletics is sports such as running, jumping, and throwing (usually uncountable; track and field): an athletics meeting; athletics results. Sport is broader; track and field is the close US/technical twin. Athletics results still need the time or distance. Mix-up: athletic (the adjective); maths. Do not write “an athletics” as a countable jog.

Meaning

Sports such as running, jumping, and throwing (usually uncountable; track and field).

Examples

• “Athletics results still need the time or distance, the PE paper said.”
• “An athletics meeting featured in the fixture list, which is the event sense.”

Good to know

an athletics meeting / track; athletics results. Adjective: athletic. Close: track and field. Broader: sport. Trap: countable “an athletics”. PE and news. Running, jumping, and throwing — quote the mark.

Near in meaning

track and field, sport

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