track and field

noun

A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.

Similar
athletics
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Meanings

nountrack and field (uncountable)
  1. USuncountableA group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.

    Synonyms: athletics

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field.

Similar
athletics
Also see
track

Translations

Arabic أَلْعَاب قَوًى
  • أَلْعَاب قَوًى (ʔalʕāb qawan)group of athletic sports
Bulgarian ле́ка атле́тика
  • ле́ка атле́тика (léka atlétika)group of athletic sports
Chinese Mandarin 田徑 /田径
  • 田徑 /田径 (tiánjìng)group of athletic sports
Czech atletika, lehká atletika
  • atletikagroup of athletic sports
  • lehká atletikagroup of athletic sports
Finnish yleisurheilu
  • yleisurheilugroup of athletic sports
French athlétisme
  • athlétismegroup of athletic sports
German Leichtathletik, Athletik
  • Leichtathletikgroup of athletic sports
  • Athletikgroup of athletic sports
Hindi एथलेटिक्स
  • एथलेटिक्स (ethleṭiks)group of athletic sports
Indonesian atletik
  • atletikgroup of athletic sports
Italian atletica leggera
  • atletica leggeragroup of athletic sports
Japanese 陸上競技
  • 陸上競技 (rikujō kyōgi)group of athletic sports
Korean 육상 경기
  • 육상 경기 (yuksang gyeonggi)group of athletic sports
Latvian vieglatlētika
  • vieglatlētikagroup of athletic sports
Malay olahraga
  • olahragagroup of athletic sports
Polish lekkoatletyka
  • lekkoatletykagroup of athletic sports
Portuguese atletismo
  • atletismogroup of athletic sports
Romanian atletism ușor, atletică ușoară
  • atletism ușorgroup of athletic sports
  • atletică ușoarăgroup of athletic sports
Russian лёгкая атле́тика, атле́тика
  • лёгкая атле́тика (ljóxkaja atlétika)group of athletic sports
  • атле́тика (atlétika)group of athletic sports
Slovak ľahká atletika, atletika
  • ľahká atletikagroup of athletic sports
  • atletikagroup of athletic sports
Spanish atletismo
  • atletismogroup of athletic sports
Swedish friidrott
  • friidrottgroup of athletic sports
Ukrainian легка́ атле́тика
  • легка́ атле́тика (lehká atlétyka)group of athletic sports
Cite this entry
APA

track and field. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20and%20field

MLA

“track and field.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20and%20field. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “track and field,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/track%20and%20field.

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