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Definition of Track and field
1. Noun. Participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it.
Generic synonyms: Athletics, Sport
Group relationships: Meet, Sports Meeting
Definition of Track and field
1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) a group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and the enclosed field ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Track and field
1. Sports performed on a track, field, or arena and including running events and other competitions, such as the pole vault, shot put, etc. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Track And Field
Literary usage of Track and field
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American at Oxford by John Corbin (1902)
"IV track and field ATHLETICS IN track and field athletics, the pleasantness and
informality of English methods of training reach a climax. ..."
2. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by National Collegiate Athletic Association (1909)
"Your committee would recommend that there be a permanent committee of three
appointed on track and field athletics whose duty should be: First, ..."
3. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"Most forms of track and field work can be used for playground activities. The size
and surface of the ground, as well as the age and sex of the players, ..."
4. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register by Horace Greeley (1914)
"The United States showed that Uncle Sam's athletes are th* be.sl In tne world In
nearly every event on the track and field programme. ..."
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