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track and field

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 2

participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sport, athletics

Narrower terms: track, running, jumping

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَلْعَاب قَوًى (ʔalʕāb qawan) — group of athletic sports
  • Armenian: թեթեւ աթլետիկա (tʻetʻew atʻletika) — group of athletic sports
  • Belarusian: лёгкая атле́тыка (ljóhkaja atljétyka) — group of athletic sports
  • Bulgarian: ле́ка атле́тика (léka atlétika) — group of athletic sports
  • Chinese Mandarin: 田徑 /田径 (tiánjìng) — group of athletic sports
  • Czech: atletika — group of athletic sports
  • Czech: lehká atletika — group of athletic sports
  • Finnish: yleisurheilu — group of athletic sports
  • French: athlétisme — group of athletic sports
  • Galician: atletismo — group of athletic sports
  • Georgian: მძლეოსნობა (mʒleosnoba) — group of athletic sports
  • Georgian: მსუბუქი ათლეტიკა (msubuki atleṭiḳa) — group of athletic sports
  • German: Leichtathletik — group of athletic sports
  • German: Athletik — group of athletic sports
  • Hindi: एथलेटिक्स (ethleṭiks) — group of athletic sports
  • Indonesian: atletik — group of athletic sports
  • Italian: atletica leggera — group of athletic sports
  • Japanese: 陸上競技 (rikujō kyōgi) — group of athletic sports
  • Korean: 육상 경기 (yuksang gyeonggi) — group of athletic sports
  • Latvian: vieglatlētika — group of athletic sports
  • Malay: olahraga — group of athletic sports
  • Polish: lekkoatletyka — group of athletic sports
  • Portuguese: atletismo — group of athletic sports
  • Romanian: atletism ușor — group of athletic sports
  • Romanian: atletică ușoară — group of athletic sports
  • Russian: лёгкая атле́тика (ljóxkaja atlétika) — group of athletic sports
  • Russian: атле́тика (atlétika) — group of athletic sports
  • Slovak: ľahká atletika — group of athletic sports
  • Slovak: atletika — group of athletic sports
  • Spanish: atletismo — group of athletic sports
  • Swedish: friidrott — group of athletic sports
  • Ukrainian: легка́ атле́тика (lehká atlétyka) — group of athletic sports