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pentathlon
Meaning: an athletic competition made up of five different events
pentathlon in a sentence
How pentathlon is used in real sentences:
He switched from swimming alone to training for the modern pentathlon instead.
After the shooting round went badly, she needed a strong cross-country run to save her pentathlon score.
“A local pentathlon brought competitors who ran, swam, fenced, rode horses, and shot at targets while their families shopped.”
— from the passage The Thursday Exchange
Where it comes from
From Greek pente 'five' and athlon 'contest'
Word parts
- pent, quin — five
pentathlon: pent (five) + athlon (contest)
Memory hook
PENTA (five) + ATHLON (contest) — five contests, one athlete.
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