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PENTATHLON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pentathlon mean?
• PENTATHLON (noun)
The noun PENTATHLON has 1 sense:
1. an athletic contest consisting of five different events
Familiarity information: PENTATHLON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An athletic contest consisting of five different events
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("pentathlon" is a kind of...):
athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)
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