track meet

noun

plural track meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a track-and-field competition

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The Fire open the season with a track meet on Tuesday, April 9 at Delano. Todd Abeln, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025 Roll back the clock to a Pennsylvania high school track meet in 2015 when Panek was a sophomore hurdler for Saucon Valley High and Barkley was a senior sprinter for Whitehall, which was hosting the Colonial League championships. Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025 Sunday's track meet was one of a three-meet series held on the UCCS campus, according to UCCS. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2025 The track meet was one of a three-meet series for club sport high school students across the state, according to the release. Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for track meet 

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of track meet was in 1904

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“Track meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/track%20meet. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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