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TRACK EVENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A footrace performed on a track (indoor or outdoor)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("track event" is a kind of...):

foot race; footrace; run (a race run on foot)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "track event"):

dash (a footrace run at top speed)

hurdle race; hurdles; hurdling (a footrace in which contestants must negotiate a series of hurdles)

mile (a footrace extending one mile)

Holonyms ("track event" is a part of...):

track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)

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