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athlete::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jock |
| Type of | contestant |
| Has types | amateur, football player, second-stringer, sharpshooter, shot putter, skater, skier, sledder, soccer player, sport, sportsman, sportswoman, striker, substitute, swimmer, swinger, tennis player, vaulter, weightlifter, winger, ball hawk, ballplayer, baseball player, basketball player, basketeer, cager, climber, cricketer, acrobat, footballer, gymnast, hockey player, hooker, hurdler, ice-hockey player, jumper, lacrosse player, letterman, lifter, olympian, pentathlete, pole jumper, pole vaulter, pro, professional, reserve, runner |
| Derivation | athletic |
Examples of athlete
athlete
Does it make any difference if a pro athlete, actor or musician backs something?
From the stltoday.com
Her sister, Taylor, is a track athlete and a freshman basketball player at East.
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Jones, a fantastic all-around athlete, batted .450 last year and scored 33 runs.
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Texting recruits is banned until a high school athlete signs a letter of intent.
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Under the new setup, no luge athlete was injured during the two-day competition.
From the time.com
Buthaina Yaqoubi was the first female athlete to represent Oman in the Olympics.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He worked hard at becoming a great athlete, which shows that hard work pays off.
From the stltoday.com
Without being a tremendous athlete, of course, Moe couldn't do all these things.
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On a cold Canadian night, Janet, a 20-year-old aspiring athlete, rolled her car.
From the newscientist.com
- A person trained to compete in sports
- (athletic) relating to or befitting athletics or athletes; "athletic facilities"
- Athletics is a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking. ...
- Athlete are an Ivor Novello Award winning English indie rock band formed in Deptford, London, comprising Joel Pott (lead vocals and guitar), Carey Willetts (bass and backing vocals), Stephen Roberts (drums and backing vocals) and Tim Wanstall (keyboards and backing vocals). ...
- Athlete was the debut released by British rock band Athlete. It was released in the UK as an EP on March 4, 2002 (see 2002 in music). The EP features the original versions of "Westside" and "Dungeness", which were soon to appear on the band's debut album.
- ATHLETE is a 2010 sports documentary film directeddirected by Dave Lam. The movie examines the popularity of endurance sports and profiles four everyday individuals - a cancer survivor, a blind senior citizen and twin sisters - who compete in marathons and triathlons and are redefining what it ...
- The All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer (ATHLETE) is a six-legged robotic lunar rover test-bed under development by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). ATHLETE is a testbed for systems and is designed for use on the moon.
- Track and field (also known as track and field sports and track and field athletics) is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. ...
- A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking; A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson". ...
