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Meaning of "heptathlon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HEPTATHLON

From hepta- + Greek athlon contest.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HEPTATHLON

heptathlon  [hɛpˈtæθlɒn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HEPTATHLON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heptathlon 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 HEPTATHLON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

heptathlon

Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon. A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete. There are two heptathlons – the women's heptathlon and the men's – composed of different events. The men's heptathlon is older and is held indoors, while the women's is held outdoors and was introduced in the 1980s, first appearing in the Olympics in 1984.

Definition of heptathlon in the English dictionary

The definition of heptathlon in the dictionary is an athletic contest for women in which each athlete competes in seven different events.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HEPTATHLON


aquilon
ˈækwɪˌlɒn
Avalon
ˈævəˌlɒn
Ceylon
sɪˈlɒn
decathlon
dɪˈkæθlɒn
diencephalon
ˌdaɪɛnˈsɛfəˌlɒn
Dralon
ˈdreɪlɒn
duathlon
djuːˈæθlɒn
echelon
ˈɛʃəˌlɒn
enneathlon
ˌɛnɪˈæθlɒn
epsilon
ˈɛpsɪˌlɒn
etalon
ˈɛtəˌlɒn
Miquelon
ˈmiːkəˌlɒn
moellon
ˈmwɛlɒn
mouflon
ˈmuːflɒn
nylon
ˈnaɪlɒn
papillon
ˈpæpɪˌlɒn
salon
ˈsælɒn
Teflon
ˈtɛflɒn
triathlon
traɪˈæθlɒn
upsilon
ˈʌpsɪˌlɒn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HEPTATHLON

heptamerous
heptameter
heptametrical
heptandrous
heptane
heptangular
heptapodic
heptapody
heptarch
heptarchal
heptarchic
heptarchies
heptarchist
heptarchy
heptastich
heptasyllabic
Heptateuch
heptathlete
heptatonic
heptavalent

WORDS THAT END LIKE HEPTATHLON

Babylon
ballon
beauty salon
biathlon
colon
gallon
hair salon
hairdressing salon
hexathlon
Languedoc-Roussillon
melon
modern pentathlon
pantalon
pentathlon
Roussillon
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
talon
tetrathlon
Toulon
watermelon

Synonyms and antonyms of heptathlon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heptathlon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HEPTATHLON

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

Translator English - Chinese

七项全能
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heptatlón
570 millions of speakers

English

heptathlon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

हेप्टाथलान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السباعي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

семиборье
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heptatlo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heptathlon
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

heptathlon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heptathlon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Siebenkampf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

7種競技
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

종 경기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heptathlon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heptathlon
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heptathlon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेप्थॅथलॉन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heptatlon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eptathlon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Siedmiobój
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

семиборстві
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heptathlon
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επτάθλου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sewekamp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heptathlon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sjukamp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heptathlon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HEPTATHLON»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HEPTATHLON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heptathlon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heptathlon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HEPTATHLON»

Discover the use of heptathlon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heptathlon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Winning Track and Field for Girls
First we'll discuss the heptathlon. This consists of seven individual events—three running, two jumping and two throwing—that are held over two days. Heptathlons are more common in college than in high school, although they are gaining ...
Facts On File, Incorporated, 2009
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Practical Sports Nutrition
... performance for three or four races over a 3- to 7-day period. On some programs even within a multiday meet, the athlete must compete twice within the same session — for Day AM session PM session 100 m hurdles— W heptathlon Triple ...
Louise Burke, 2007
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Outstanding Women Athletes: Who They are and how They ...
In January 1986, she set a new U.S. record in the heptathlon at Got2is, Austria. In July 1986 at the Goodwill Games in Moscow, USSR, she became the first woman to score more than 7,000 points in the grueling event. She set personal bests ...
Janet Woolum, 1998
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A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R
Principal. Component. Analysis: The. Olympic. Heptathlon. 13.1 Introduction The pentathlon for women was first held in Germany in 1928. Initially this consisted of the shot put, long jump, 100m, high jump and javelin events held over two days.
Brian S. Everitt, Torsten Hothorn, 2006
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USA Track & Field Coaching Manual
We also know that for experienced heptathletes, on average there will be a 200- 350 point difference between the athlete's personal record score and the sum of their heptathlon individual event personal records. This information tells us that to  ...
Joseph L. Rogers, 2000
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Masters Track and Field: A History
door pentathlon to the heptathlon in the late 1970s, the Masters followed suit. However, it wasn't until 1983 in Merced, California, that female Masters first did the heptathlon in the national championships. Only four were entered, however.
Leonard T. Olson, 2000
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A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using R, Second Edition
... for the seven events. Most of the scatterplots in the diagram suggest that there R> score <- which(colnames(heptathlon) == "score") R> plot(heptathlon[,-score]) 1.50 1.75 288 PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS 16.3 Analysis Using R.
Torsten Hothorn, Brian S. Everitt, 2009
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Heptathlon
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events.
Christabel Donatienne Ruby, 2012
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An Introduction to Applied Multivariate Analysis with R
Table 3.2: heptathlon data. Results of Olympic heptathlon, Seoul, 1988. hurdles highjump shot run200m longjump javelin run800m score In the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul, the heptathlon was won by one of the stars of women's athletics in  ...
Brian Everitt, Torsten Hothorn, 2011
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African-American Sports Greats: A Biographical Dictionary
Joyner then became the protege of Robert Kersee, an assistant track and field coach at UCLA, who persuaded her to specialize in the heptathlon. After totaling Jackie's best performances in the heptathlon events, Kersee showed her that she  ...
David L. Porter, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HEPTATHLON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heptathlon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Five Reasons Why You Really Need To Watch Tonight's 2015 ESPYS
Tonight, Jenner, who won the 1976 Olympic gold medal in the heptathlon, will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. The star of the ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
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UFC's Marion Reneau started MMA at age 32 to save money for …
She was the 1999 Big West Conference track and field athlete of the year at Long Beach State, winning both the long jump and heptathlon that ... «MMA Fighting, Jul 15»
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Rovelto named to Team USA coaching staff | Sports - Home
... 18 conference titles and four national titles including Akela Jones, who won the heptathlon national title this past season with a school record ... «KWCH, Jul 15»
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Ennis-Hill to decide on Worlds bid - BBC
Having already qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics and this summer's World Championships, Ennis-Hill hopes to compete in the heptathlon in ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
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HOMETOWN HERO: Rexburg native Chari Hawkins finishes fourth …
Chari Hawkins, a former Madison Bobcat and Rexburg native, placed fourth overall in the heptathlon at the World University Games, which ... «Rexburg Standard Journal, Jul 15»
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Girls heptathlon – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2012 …
If previous form is to be believed, then the girls' heptathlon should come down to a head-to-head duel between world youth leaders Ukraine's ... «International Association of Athletics Federations, Jul 15»
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Vinita's Carsyn Spurgeon picks up heptathlon, long jump victories
Carsyn Spurgeon adjusts her gold medal after winning the Girls 4A 200 meter dash for Vinita on Tuesday in Moore. Spurgeon also anchored ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Utah State's Chari Hawkins finishes fourth in Heptathlon at WUG
LOGAN, Utah – Former Utah State track & field All-American Chari Hawkins finished the heptathlon in fourth place with 5,707 points as she ... «Cache Valley Daily, Jul 15»
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USU track: Chari Hawkins finishes fourth in heptathlon at World …
Former Utah State track and field All-American Chari Hawkins finished the heptathlon in fourth place with 5,707 points as she represented the ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
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Olympian, former Husker McMillan comfortable in her own skin
There's still a lot of time for the 2012 Olympian and former Nebraska track star to continue preparing for a return appearance in the heptathlon, ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Jul 15»

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