The meaning of ATHLETE is a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina. How to use athlete in a sentence.

Sometimes, the word "athlete" is used to refer specifically to sport of athletics competitors, i.e. including track and field and marathon runners but excluding e.g. swimmers, footballers or basketball players.

a person trained or gifted in exercises or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise, or game requiring physical skill.

ATHLETE definition: 1. a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in…. Learn more.

An athlete is someone who trains for and competes in sporting events, as a professional or just for fun, like an athlete who bowls on a team, runs in local 5K races, or wins a gold medal at the Olympics. …

Definition of athlete noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

athlete is a noun, athletic is an adjective, athletics is a noun: The Olympic athletes came from all over the world. She took part in an athletic competition. Athletics is an important part of the school's …

3 days ago · A person who has undertaken training or exercises to become proficient in physical activities such as competitive sports (athletics).

athlete, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

5 days ago · athlete (plural athletes) A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.