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I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.
Michael Nyman

Meaning of "decathlete" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECATHLETE

decathlete  [dɪˈkæθliːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECATHLETE

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adjective
verb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decathlete is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DECATHLETE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decathlon

The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin, from δέκα and ἄθλος. Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not by the position achieved. The decathlon is contested mainly by male athletes, while female athletes typically compete in the heptathlon. Traditionally, the title of "World's Greatest Athlete" has been given to the man who wins the Olympic decathlon. This began when King Gustav V of Sweden told Jim Thorpe, "You, sir, are the world's greatest athlete" after Thorpe won the decathlon at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The current decathlon world record holder is American Ashton Eaton, who scored 9039 points at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials. The event developed from the ancient pentathlon. Pentathlon competitions were held at the ancient Greek Olympics. Pentathlons involved five disciplines – long jump, discus throw, javelin throw, sprint and a wrestling match.

Definition of decathlete in the English dictionary

The definition of decathlete in the dictionary is an athlete who takes part in a decathlon.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECATHLETE


athlete
ˈæθliːt
biathlete
baɪˈæθliːt
cleat
kliːt
complete
kəmˈpliːt
cyberathlete
ˈsaɪbəˌæθliːt
delete
dɪˈliːt
elite
ɪˈliːt
fleet
fliːt
heptathlete
hɛpˈtæθliːt
incomplete
ˌɪnkəmˈpliːt
leat
liːt
leet
liːt
nonathlete
ˌnɒnˈæθliːt
obsolete
ˈɒbsəˌliːt
pentathlete
pɛnˈtæθliːt
pleat
pliːt
replete
rɪˈpliːt
sleet
sliːt
superathlete
ˈsuːpərˌæθliːt
triathlete
traɪˈæθliːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECATHLETE

decarburize
decare
decartelize
decastere
decastich
decastyle
decasualisation
decasualization
decasualize
decasyllabic
decasyllable
decathlon
Decatur
decaudate
decay
decayable
decayed
decayer
decaying
decayless

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECATHLETE

bolete
decollete
dithelete
Dyothelete
locuplete
Manolete
Monothelete
paraclete
track and field athlete
undelete
valete

Synonyms and antonyms of decathlete in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «decathlete» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECATHLETE

Find out the translation of decathlete to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decathlete from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decathlete» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

十项全能选手
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decathlete
570 millions of speakers

English

decathlete
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decathlete
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

decathlete
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

десятиборец
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decathlete
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decathlete
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décathlonien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decathlete
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zehnkämpfer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

decathlete
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

10 종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decathlete
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decathlete
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

decathlete
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

डिकॅथेटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dekatloncu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decatleta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dziesięcioboista
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

десятиборець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decathlete
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκαθλητής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decathlete
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decathlete
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decathlete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decathlete

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECATHLETE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECATHLETE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decathlete

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4 QUOTES WITH «DECATHLETE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word decathlete.
1
David Hornsby
I'm like a decathlete without the body.
2
Michael Nyman
I'm like a decathlete who does all of the events he's used to, but is being forced by certain circumstances to focus on three events, and being forced to focus on events that he wasn't that interested in, and also weren't his strongest events.
3
Dan O'Brien
Breaking the world record in '92 was a very special personal moment, but I'd say my favorite moment as a decathlete was winning the Olympic gold medal.
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Daley Thompson
Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECATHLETE»

Discover the use of decathlete in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decathlete and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aim High: An Olympic Decathlete's Inspiring Story
This is a special Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)"1992 Olympics 20th Anniversary Edition" of Dave Johnson's acclaimed autobiography. * Aim High is Dave's personal story.
Dave Johnson, 2012
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USA Track & Field Coaching Manual
Joseph L. Rogers. step toward being in good shape for the entire decathlon. Second, there is a tremendous mental lift at the end of the first day if a decathlete has run a strong 400-meter dash. High school and college decathletes should run a ...
Joseph L. Rogers, 2000
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Movement System Variability
In the right-hand plot of figure 7.4, the distances of all the trials of the decathlete, relative to the reference trial, are displayed chronologically. The trials were filmed during different training sessions (T1-T5), in which the athlete received the ...
Keith Davids, Simon Bennett, Karl M. Newell, 2006
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Better for Life: Turning Financial Hardship into Your Finest ...
to lower the bar of life's difficulties to make it easier for you to get over. instead, He will leave that bar in-place, because He wants you to become strong enough to handle your current situation, and even more. i was a decathlete in college, and ...
Daniel J. Jones, 2010
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Sport Under Communism: Behind the East German 'Miracle'
An interesting example is the decathlete who placed third in the GDR Olympic trials, obtained the Olympic norm, but was not selected; his place went to the fellow who finished fourth. The decathlete writes directly to Egon Krenz in July 1988.
Mike Dennis, Jonathan Grix, 2012
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Primary Sports Assemblies
1958) was a decathlete who won gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1980 ( Moscow) and 1984 (Los Angeles) and broke the world record for the event four times. He became the first decathlete to hold the European, World and Olympic titles ...
Gerald Haigh and Jane AC West
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Redemption: A Rebellious Spirit, a Praying Mother, and the ...
Then Roman Sebrle, the best decathlete in the world at the time, sat beside me without so much as glancing in my direction. He had just done what no decathlete had ever done: scored more than 9,000 points—9,026, to be exact. He had also ...
‎2012
8
Identity and Myth in Sports Documentaries: Critical Essays
For instance, even though the first notable Soviet decathlete, Vasili Kuznetsov, won the bronze medal in both 1956 and 1960, the narrator mentions that he “ finished behind Milt Campbell and Rafer Johnson of the United States.” Furthermore ...
Zachary Ingle, David M. Sutera, 2012
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Electrophysiological Kinesiology: Proceedings of the ISEK'92 ...
In the first set of trials, a pair of EMED insoles was carefully fitted into the soles of the decathlete's shoes, after calibration, followed by those of one of the specialist jumpers. After habituation and warm-up, pressures were recorded for at least ...
International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology. Congress, Antonio Pedotti, 1993
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A Coach's Journey: From a Sand Lot to the Olympic Stadium
STEVE. GOUGH,. DECATHLETE. “I have done my best, Coach. I have done my best.” Perhaps the most naturally gifted athlete I have been privileged to work with is Steve Gough, a former ...
Ken Foreman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECATHLETE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decathlete is used in the context of the following news items.
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Free house site patta given to decathlete
Decathlete R. Rajesh, silver medallist in the Asian youth athletics championship held in Qatar in May this year, was presented a free house site ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Bruce Jenner's 1984 Olympic Torch going on auction block
In this 1984 photo provided by Heritage Auctions, American Decathlete, Bruce Jenner poses with the 1984 Olympic Torch he carried through ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
3
Columnist: New UGA coach has Old World style
Petros was a decathlete with noteworthy success in high school and at Aristotle University but points out that, although the popularity of the ... «LaGrange Daily News, Jul 15»
4
Canada eyes record Pan Am medal haul on home soil
Canada's top-ranked decathlete Damian Warner is another one to watch as he will look to repeat the success he enjoyed at the 2014 ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
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Sports news in brief, July 8, 2015
American Decathlete Bruce Jenner poses in 1984 with the Olympic Torch he carried through Lake Tahoe, Nev. The 24-inch torch, featuring a ... «Santa Fe New Mexican, Jul 15»
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Nielson is new Jamboree 'All-Around Logger'
He was a decathlete in college for two years, before being introduced to logging events by a friend. “We had three eight-man squads at ... «Sierra Star, Jul 15»
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In the Pipeline: Parade watchers, did you feel it?
Also on the float was the elegant Rafer Johnson, a Special Olympics founder and gold medal-winning decathlete in the 1960 Rome Olympics ... «Daily Pilot, Jul 15»
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East Grinstead hold fourth at Portsmouth
Decathlete Ryan Spivey won the javelin (40.27m), came second in the discus (34.74m) and shot (11.78m), the latter a club record. Phil Spivey ... «East Grinstead Courier & Observer, Jul 15»
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Open Compute Project testing is a 'complete and total joke'
The AMD Open System 3.0 and Intel Decathlete with high memory capacity were the first systems to receive the OCP-certified logo from UTSA's ... «The Register, Jul 15»
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How young is too young to seek gender reassignment?
... sex symbol to a female named Caitlyn has elevated her back to her public profile as a gold-medal decathlete at the 1976 Summer Olympics. «Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Jul 15»

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