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# athlete

«athlete» in Mova's school dictionary: **good at sports and trains to take part in them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an athlete, athletes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A person who is good at sports and trains to take part in them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#m1)

2) (UK) A person who competes in athletics: running, jumping and throwing events. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#m2)

3) Athlete's foot: an itchy skin infection between the toes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sports stories it names runners, swimmers and players; in maths problems athletes have race times, distances and scores to compare. In health lessons athletes show how exercise, food and rest work together. Phrases: top athlete, professional athlete, Olympic athlete, athlete's foot.

### examples

- The athlete trained every day for the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x1)
- Olympic athletes come from all over the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x2)
- She is a natural athlete and good at every sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x3)
- The three athletes ran 100 m in 12.1, 11.8 and 12.4 seconds; who won? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x4)
- Athletes need good sleep and healthy food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x5)
- Dry your feet well to avoid athlete's foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/#x6)

### note

Countable. Say ATH-leet (two syllables), not "ath-uh-leet". Adjective: athletic; the sports: athletics (UK) or track and field (US). In maths, the fastest athlete has the smallest time.

### In the corpora

- [Athlete's foot is a fungus that grows in warm, damp skin, so drying between your toes after washing helps stop it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/20/)
- [Inhaled steroids are not the same as the steroids some athletes misuse.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/14-asthma-and-inhalers/8/)
- [Athletes in adverts are paid to appear; they got fast from years of training, food and sleep, not from the can.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/52-energy-drinks-why-theyre-not-for-kids/15/)
- [Studies of young athletes reported more injuries in those who slept less than about 8 hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/56-sleep-for-growing-and-for-playing-well/12/)
- [Muscles repair and get stronger during rest and sleep, so professional athletes plan their sleep like their training.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/63-famous-athletes-and-what-being-a-professional-takes/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «athlete» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athlete/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.