track and field
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1.9
- noun
- /træk ənd fild/
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atletismo
- He enjoyed participating in various track and field events like sprints and long jump.
- track and field athletes
- track and field competition
- track and field team
You had success in track and field and cross country, some stellar success.
- You had success in track and field and cross country, some stellar success.
- That's why we have men's track and field and we have women's track and field, you know?
- My season was cross country and then swimming and then track and field and then, you know, water polo here and there.
- So, you know, one of the sports I could play, I had two that I was good at, soccer and track and field, all done through high school.
- The whole track and field stadium downtown Eugene is like actually nice now.
- But rivalry and the desire to beat someone just as it is on a sports field or in a track and field race, that's what drives performance.
- And, you know, when you look at track and field, let's say, like, what is your sense of how clean it is right now?
- So I just, I mean, I feel like track and field will always be the thing that's attached to who Messiah Russell is.
- Why is it that you can do this best in track and field, that in in in big events, many people have their personal best, whether or not it's a world record.
- He had me do ballet, track and field, gymnastics, Taekwondo, learn to throw a football for the overhand snapping motion of a serve.
- And like I've, I'm, I love sitting back with my friends and watching track and field and, or, or even if I'm at a Diamond League, I watch people warm up and they will look fantastic.
- So let's think about track and field, right?
- Well, it's really nice now, but back then it was a track, track and field, and guys used to do all kinds of sports on it.
Examples
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I took track and field in high school.
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So after university I got into athletic coaching and track and field and did that for a very long time, well for over a decade.
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Instead, she became a track and field star.
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You love track and field.
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Now it's time to meet the men and women of the track and field team.
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So let's think about track and field, right?
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You had success in track and field and cross country, some stellar success.
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Spectators are invited to proceed to the track and field area.
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The male athletes competed in basketball, wrestling, track and field, and football.
Academic text (2002) -
Athletes from around the globe are training for their chance at the gold ring as the world turns its eyes from war to victory on the track and field.
Synonyms
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1.8
Sports that involve running, jumping and throwing, like track and field
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from the constituents 'track' + 'and' + 'field' — it simply refers to athletic events held on tracks and on fields (running, jumping, throwing). The coordinating 'and' signals a combination of two venue-based event types, a compositional pattern that a B1 learner who knows the words will readily understand.
Etymology
Track and field comes from the literal places where the events happen: a track (a loop for races) and the field (open ground for jumps and throws). So the name tells you it means the group of athletic sports like 'running', 'jumping', and 'throwing'.