plural tri-meets
chiefly US
: a sports competition involving three teams compare dual meet, quad meet

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In a regular-season tri-meet against Yale and Dartmouth on Jan. 8, 2022, Thomas won the 200 freestyle and 500 freestyle. Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025 Dulaney wrestling built a 30-6 lead, Sparrows Point rallied back for the win, part of a Thursday tri-meet. Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Dec. 2024 Three meets into her career in a tri-meet that would otherwise not register anywhere on the gymnastics radar save for what happened there; and what has happened since. Dana O'Neil, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of tri-meet was in 1896

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“Tri-meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tri-meet. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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