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# discus

«discus» in Mova's school dictionary: **A heavy flat round disc that athletes throw as far as…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a discus, discuses or disci — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A heavy flat round disc that athletes throw as far as they can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#m1)

2) The sport or event of throwing this disc, called «the discus». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and sports days, the discus is a field event in athletics and the Olympics; in history, ancient Greek athletes threw the discus, as in the famous statue «The Discus Thrower»; phrases: «throw the discus», «discus thrower», «the discus event».

### examples

- She won the discus at the county championships. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x1)
- The discus flew over thirty metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x2)
- You spin round before you throw the discus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x3)
- Ancient Greeks threw the discus at the Olympic Games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x4)
- Stand well back when someone is throwing the discus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x5)
- Our school has a plastic discus for practice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x6)
- The discus thrower held the disc flat in her hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/discus/#x7)

### note

Plural: discuses (most common). Safety: never walk in front of the throwing area. Do not confuse with «discuss» (talk about, double s) or «disc/disk».

### Trees and pragmatics

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