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Word entry · 9 letters

athletics

Best crossword clue

"Track sports"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /æθˈlɛtɪks/Part of speech nounSorted acehilsttStarts with AEnds with S1 cluesVery common crossword word
1A2T3H4L5E6T7I8C9S

Definitions

  1. an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Word origin

From athletic: see -ics. Probably formed on the model of gymnastics.

Used in a sentence

  • The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence.

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