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HIGH JUMP

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):

jumping (the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high jump"):

Fosbury flop (jumping over the bar backwards and head first)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("high jump" is a kind of...):

field event (a competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track)

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