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decathlon
Meaning: a track and field contest made up of ten different events
decathlon in a sentence
How decathlon is used in real sentences:
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.
“Her event was the decathlon, and she would face ten challenges over two long days.”
— from the passage Ten Tests Ahead
Where it comes from
From Greek deka 'ten' + athlon 'contest'
Word parts
- dec — ten
decathlon: dec (ten) + athlon (contest)
Memory hook
DECA (ten) + ATHLON (contest) — ten athletic events in one contest.