track meet

noun

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

Examples of track meet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The couple met during a high school track meet back in 2017 and married five years later. Ben Church, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024 The duo first met in 2017 during a high school indoor track meet in Pocatello, Idaho. Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2024 Still, the biggest cheer for a French athlete up to this point came for a swimmer, Léon Marchand, who won a gold medal in the pool on the opening night of the track meet, prompting race officials to ask for quiet while a crowd watching on tablets and phones went crazy. Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 10 Aug. 2024 Davis made the first move While Davis grew up in Texas and Woodhall in Utah, the couple met across state lines in February 2017 at a track meet in Pocatello, Idaho. Maddie Garfinkle, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for track meet 

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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 24 Sep. 2024.

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