Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Activities, such as sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill and stamina.
- noun The principles or system of training and practice for such activities.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art or practice of athletic games or exercises; the system of rules or principles employed for physical training, as in running, rowing, boxing, gymnastics, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Physical
activities such assports andgames requiringstamina ,fitness andskill . - noun A group of sporting activities which includes
track and field , road running, cross country running andracewalking .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a contest between athletes
- noun an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
- noun participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its clear that Africans are over represented in athletics, is this purely cultural, or does it have a basis in genetics?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Judging a Person Based on a Single Forwarded Personal E-Mail 2010
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The wizards at Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University are renowned for many things -- wisdom, magic, and their love of teatime -- but athletics is most assuredly not on the list.
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There is an argument that some of the greatest figures, at least in athletics, may not have had the careers they had because their off-field antics, from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle, would have been the subject of scrutiny that Brett Favre and Tiger Woods now go through.
Joe Favorito: Helping Athletes Heal Their P.A.S.T. Joe Favorito 2010
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There is an argument that some of the greatest figures, at least in athletics, may not have had the careers they had because their off-field antics, from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle, would have been the subject of scrutiny that Brett Favre and Tiger Woods now go through.
Joe Favorito: Helping Athletes Heal Their P.A.S.T. Joe Favorito 2010
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Now I am not saying that the business of college athletics is all wrong.
Larry Hirsch: The Hypocrisy of College Athletics Larry Hirsch 2010
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I am partly intrigued by some of what we have been talking about what I described as the athletics of consciousness.
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In return, they expect the kid to recognize that athletics is the reason they are at the institution.
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The paralypmics gave me nightmares, but only because athletics is so boring to sit through.
No wonder the kids have problems if the parents are like this Norfolk Blogger 2009
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At some of the schools where athletics is most heavily subsidized, faculty salaries have dipped, state-funded financial aid is drying up and students are bracing for tuition and fee increases.
Amid funding crisis, college athletics soak up subsidies, fees 2010
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Boise State's ascent to national prominence came amid a 52% rise in athletics spending in that same four-year period, close to tripling a 19% increase in total institutional expenditures.
Missouri shows how schools pay a price for football success 2009
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