Athletics Definition
ăth-lĕtĭks
noun
Activities, such as sports, exercises, and games, that require physical skill and stamina.
American Heritage
Sports, games, exercises, etc. requiring physical strength, skill, stamina, speed, etc.
Webster's New World
The principles or system of training and practice for such activities.
American Heritage
A group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
Wiktionary
pronoun
(baseball) The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics.
Wiktionary
(US, sports) Nickname for many athletic teams whose full name includes "Athletics".
Wiktionary
Origin of Athletics
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From athlete + -ics.
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