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decathlon
a track and field contest made up of ten different events
decathlon in a sentence
She trained for years before qualifying for the Olympic decathlon.
After finishing the pole vault, the exhausted decathlon competitor still had four events left to complete that day.
Where it comes from
From Greek deka 'ten' + athlon 'contest'
Memory hook
DECA (ten) + ATHLON (contest) — ten athletic events in one contest.
Word parts
- dec — ten
decathlon: dec (ten) + athlon (contest)
Read it in context
- Ten Tests Ahead Narrative