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SPORTS MEETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sports meeting mean? 

SPORTS MEETING (noun)
  The noun SPORTS MEETING has 1 sense:

1. a meeting at which a number of athletic contests are heldplay

  Familiarity information: SPORTS MEETING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPORTS MEETING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A meeting at which a number of athletic contests are held

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

meet; sports meeting

Hypernyms ("sports meeting" is a kind of...):

athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)

Meronyms (parts of "sports meeting"):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sports meeting"):

gymkhana (a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills and aptitudes)

race meeting (a regular occasion on which a number of horse races are held on the same track)

regatta (a meeting for boat races)

swim meet; swimming meet (a swimming competition between two or more teams)

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


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