athlete

noun
/ˈæθ.liːt/UK/ˈæθ.lit/CA/ˈæθ.ə.liːt/

Etymology

From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).

  1. derived from ἀθλητής
  2. derived from athlete
  3. derived from āthlēta
  4. inherited from athlete

Definitions

  1. A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road…

    A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.

  2. A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill

    A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.

    • She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
  3. An exceptionally physically fit person.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at athlete. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at athlete. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at athlete

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA