combined event

noun

any of the disciplines in athletics (track and field) that combine more than one other discipline: typically one of the indoor pentathlon (women), indoor heptathlon (men), outdoor heptathlon (women), or outdoor decathlon (men).

Meanings

nouncombined event (plural combined events)

plural combined events

  1. athleticsany of the disciplines in athletics (track and field) that combine more than one other discipline: typically one of the indoor pentathlon (women), indoor heptathlon (men), outdoor heptathlon (women), or outdoor decathlon (men).
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