Canadian English Meaning of pentathlon

pentathlon

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Definitions and Meaning of pentathlon in English

Wordnet

pentathlon (n)

an athletic contest consisting of five different events

Webster

pentathlon (n.)

A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run.

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pentathlete => Pentathlete, pentathionic => pentathionic, pentateuchal => pentateuchal, pentateuch => Pentateuch, pentasyllabic => pentasyllabic,