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swimming meet

swimming meet

2.5
An event where swimmers race for their team or club
  • noun
  • US
translation icon : competencia de natación
  • The swimming meet starts at 10 AM.

Examples

  • The team practiced extensively to prepare for the upcoming swimming meet against their rivals.

  • Preparing for the swimming meet, the athletes practiced every morning before class.

  • Our school will host the regional swimming meet next weekend.

  • She set a new record at the last swimming meet of the season.

  • Are you attending the swimming meet this weekend?

  • During the summer, many swimmers look forward to participating in a local swimming meet held at the community pool.

  • After months of hard work, she finally qualified to compete in the regional swimming meet this weekend.

Synonyms

meet
vsswimming meet
112 3.1

An event with several sporting contests

is specifically for organized competitions where people race in water often between clubs
swim meet
vsswimming meet
  • US
5 2.4

An event where swimmers from different teams race each other

is the general organized contest usually between teams or clubs
swimming event
vsswimming meet
1 2.2

A competition where people or teams race by swimming

is typically an organized meeting between teams or clubs rather than one race
sports meeting
vsswimming meet
  • UK
2.7

A day when people or teams compete in different sports

is focused on organized competitions of water racing usually between clubs

How Big

Olympic
∞ 3.3
regional
29 3.3
swimming meet
  • US
2.5

Surface Forms

swimming meet singular
swimming meets plural

Morphology

swimming + meet

The meaning 'an organized event where swimmers compete' is directly and transparently composed from 'swimming' (the sport/activity) and 'meet' (an athletic event). This is a standard noun+noun composition found across languages and follows common English compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Swimming meet comes from the words swimming and meet, because meet once meant a planned gathering for races or contests. Picture teams coming to a pool to race each other, so the phrase means 'an organized event where swimmers compete'.