Pentathlon — meaning in English
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English meaning
- pentathlon noun An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
Senses
Pentathlon is used for these senses in English:
- pentathlon An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
- pentathlon (athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).
pentathlon — full definition
- noun An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
- noun Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”).
- noun Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.