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athlete
What does athlete mean?
athlete (noun): a person trained to compete in sports.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use athlete in a sentence?
- Who is that athlete? (Tatoeba sentence #8986472 by Analu_Kalaka, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce athlete?
/ˈæθˌlit/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does athlete come from?
From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to athlete
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “athlete” mean?
a pair who associate with one another
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arrangement, disposition, or sequence
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a person trained to compete in sports
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the time period between dawn and noon
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