athletics

4 definitions • 3 examples

the general name for a particular group of sports in which people compete, including running, jumping, and throwing:

an athletics team/club/meeting

sports and physical activities of any type:

Girls who participate in high school athletics are more likely to graduate than those who don’t.

sports and games:

Girls who participate in high school athletics are three times more likely to graduate than those who don’t.

esp. Br Athletics is another way of saying track and field.