high jump
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2.6
- noun
- /haɪ dʒʌmp/
:
salto de altura
- Christopher Copeland captured the high jump Friday.
- win the high jump
- high jump record
- medal in the high jump
We have a high jump and we have a long jump.
- We have a high jump and we have a long 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.
Examples
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Chris Cahill, she had her PR in the high jump, and she picked up more than 100 points on the field.
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He defeated me in the high jump, then at gin rummy.
Fiction book (1995) -
The high jump bar has been raised to 6' 7".
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Watch her winning high jump below.
Blog text (4) -
I'm not surprised you won it in the high jump.
Fiction book (1990) -
You can see her doing the high jump via Athletics Gifs.
Blog text (13) -
Next up in the high jump will be Charlene Benveniste.
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Elliott played football, basketball, and participated in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump at Colonial High School.
Blog text (10) -
At Queen's College, he was a star in the high jump and broad jump, and better than most in "putting the weight" (shot put) and running events from a quarter mile to a mile.
Academic text (1990) -
During the competition, she cleared the bar at 5' 8" in the high jump event.
How High
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'high' modifies 'jump' to indicate a jump performed to reach a great height, which matches the athletic event sense. This adjective+noun compound follows a straightforward descriptive pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the event meaning.
Etymology
The noun high jump comes from the simple picture of an athlete running and trying to clear a bar: the word high describes the tall bar and jump is the action. Because competitors try to jump over a bar set at different heights, the name means 'an athletic event' where you try to clear a high bar.