sports meeting
- noun
- /spɔrts ˈmiːtɪŋ/
- UK
:
reunión deportiva
- At the national sports meeting, he won two gold medals for sprinting.
Examples
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Many students are excited to participate in the school's sports meeting next month.
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The annual sports meeting will be held at the city stadium this weekend.
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The sports meeting was a huge success.
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Many schools participate in the annual sports meeting.
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At the national sports meeting, he won two gold medals for sprinting.
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Many students are excited to participate in the school's sports meeting next month.
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The annual sports meeting will be held at the city stadium this weekend.
Synonyms
112
3.1
An event with several sporting contests
A meeting or event between different groups
How Big
617
2.5
745
1.8
- UK
3
2.7
517
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an event at which various athletic contests are held' is directly and predictably derived from combining 'sport(s)' (athletic activities) with 'meeting' (a planned gathering) — i.e., a meeting for sports. This straightforward noun–noun composition is common in English and other languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Sports meeting comes from the simple idea of people coming together for sports: teams and athletes meet to race, jump and play on the same day. So sports meeting means 'an event with athletic contests'.