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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#m1)

2) To do with athletics or sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x1)
- He has an athletic build. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x2)
- Wear athletic shoes for PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x3)
- The athletic club meets on Saturdays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x4)
- Cheetahs are athletic animals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x5)
- Our school has strong athletic teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/athletic/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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