athletic

«athletic» in Mova's school dictionary: Strong, fit and good at sport — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (athletic, more athletic, most athletic)

meaning for a pupil

1) Strong, fit and good at sport. tree →

2) To do with athletics or sport. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE and sport: an athletic girl, athletic shoes, athletic club. In the UK, athletics means running, jumping and throwing events. Phrases: athletic build, athletic ability, athletic club.

examples

• She is very athletic and runs every day. tree →
• He has an athletic build. tree →
• Wear athletic shoes for PE. tree →
• The athletic club meets on Saturdays. tree →
• Cheetahs are athletic animals. tree →
• Our school has strong athletic teams. tree →
• At length, being now a tall and athletic youth, Jason resolved to seek his fortune in the world, without asking Chiron's advice, or telling him anything about the matter. tree →

note

Pronounced ath-LET-ik, not "ath-a-LET-ik". Person: athlete. In the US "athletics" can mean sport in general; in the UK it means track and field.

In the corpora

• Ballet has many famous male dancers, such as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and it needs huge strength and athletic skill.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «athletic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.