broad jump
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3.5
- noun
- /brɔd dʒʌmp/
- US
:
salto de longitud
- We're here at the 11 th Olympiad, bringing you the qualifying round of the men's broad jump event.
- standing broad jump
All right, I'm going to do my power test, my broad jump.
- All right, I'm going to do my power test, my broad jump.
- One thing that I'm definitely going to implement from that episode is a routine broad jump test and an in home high jump, jump and touch test.
- Something you know, I'll, I'll check mine constantly is how far a broad jump can you do?
Examples
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You have qualified in three events, the 100 and 200 meter sprints and the broad jump.
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Percy Wilson wins the 100, the 200, and the broad jump, and anchors the winning 400-meter relay in the 1944 Olympics.
Fiction book (1994) -
Participants performed each task 10 times using the standing broad jump.
Academic text (2005) -
Students participated in one lesson on the standing broad jump during regularly scheduled physical education classes.
Academic text (2005) -
All children were tested on the standing broad jump prior to and following participation in one of three experimental conditions.
Academic text (2005) -
In the running broad jump, he put together the mental and the physical, an unbeatable combination.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm the fastest runner and the best in broad jump for my grade.
Fiction book (1999) -
Up next, on the broad jump, we have from Ohio State University, Mr. Jesse Owens.
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That April, I ripped off a running broad jump of 11 feet—even in an outdoor gym class.
Fiction book (1994) -
Sabrina successfully won the gold medal in the broad jump at the national championship.
Synonyms
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2.6
A sports event where a person runs and jumps as far as possible
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a jump covering a large horizontal distance' is directly and compositionally derived from 'broad' (wide/large across) + 'jump' (a springing action). There is no opaque idiomatic shift here and the sense follows straightforward spatial composition that a B1 learner who knows both words can infer.
Etymology
Broad jump comes from the idea of making a broad (wide) jump — an athlete runs and jumps to cover as much distance as possible. That's why it refers to the track event now often called the 'long jump'.