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Decathlon in a sentence
Decathlon meaning
- An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
- A contest in science and math proving skill.
Synonyms of Decathlon
Using Decathlon
- The main meaning on this page is: An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days. | A contest in science and math proving skill.
- Useful related words include: athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics.
- In the example corpus, decathlon often appears in combinations such as: the decathlon, academic decathlon, decathlon in.
Context around Decathlon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Decathlon
- In this selection, "decathlon" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, academic, vinci, lillico, championships, competitions and team stand out and add context to how "decathlon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the decathlon gave him and becky lillico decathlon uk sustainability. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "decathlon" sits close to words such as abstention, acadiana and actuarial, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with decathlon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Da Vinci Decathlon is an initiative of Knox Grammar School. (11 words)
This is going to be a really exciting decathlon," he added. (11 words)
The Academic Decathlon features three divisions of competition: Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity. (12 words)
He didn’t win any outstanding achievements in college but did go on later to set a world record in the decathlon in 1966, followed by a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics, not to mention five national decathlon championships in a row. (43 words)
Poetry, painting, engineering and philosophy, making up a play in 8 minutes or knowing a lot about Leonardo Da Vinci, the CEO of Canva or the street pattern of Paris are all in a day’s work at the Da Vinci Decathlon. (42 words)
The schedule of events differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two; this is to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place simultaneously. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Becky Lillico, Decathlon UK sustainability team, said: "At Decathlon, we believe in the wonder of sports to form collective action that makes a difference.
He didn’t win any outstanding achievements in college but did go on later to set a world record in the decathlon in 1966, followed by a gold medal in the 1968 Olympics, not to mention five national decathlon championships in a row.
The schedule of events differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two; this is to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place simultaneously.
Thorpe's final event was the decathlon, his first — and as it turned out, his only — Olympic decathlon.
Lake Balboa College Prep Coach Carrie Wan and her academic decathlon team cheer for their Varsity teammates as they compete in the “Super Quiz” on Feb. 4, 2023.
The Academic Decathlon features three divisions of competition: Honors, Scholastic, and Varsity.
The Da Vinci Decathlon is an initiative of Knox Grammar School.
He’s on the hunt for a medal in the decathlon, considered by many to be the toughest Olympic sport of all: 10 track and field events over two consecutive days.
India is among the most important markets in the world for Decathlon.
Jenner, 74, competed against men when she won the Olympic gold medal in the decathlon in 1976.
Poetry, painting, engineering and philosophy, making up a play in 8 minutes or knowing a lot about Leonardo Da Vinci, the CEO of Canva or the street pattern of Paris are all in a day’s work at the Da Vinci Decathlon.
Race walking made its Olympic debut in 1904 in USA as part of the decathlon event before featuring as a standalone competition four years later.
The 22-year-old recorded four personal bests across the competition's ten events as he became the first athlete from Norway to win Decathlon gold in 104 years.
The awards ceremony will feature individual accolades and the announcement of the team that will represent Riverside County at the California Academic Decathlon, March 22-23, in Santa Clara.
This is going to be a really exciting decathlon," he added.
An internet deep dive led me to find the Decathlon B Twin Road Bike Shoes 500 Pink ($65), which checked off all my boxes: relatively affordable, lightweight, rigid soles for efficient pedaling, ventilation, and quick-drying mesh.
A spokesman for Decathlon said it was waiting for more guidance from the government.
For his part, the studious Castro was shy and “nervous about talking to strangers” and the decathlon gave him confidence to speak in public and helped him develop close friends among his peers.
It was the last time he wouldn’t win a decathlon he entered.
Johnson leaves behind his wife Betsy, and Jenny and son Josh, whom Rafer and Betsy watched compete in a U.S. Olympic Trials decathlon in Sacramento.
Common combinations with decathlon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the decathlon 16×
- academic decathlon 5×
- decathlon in 4×
- decathlon team 3×
- decathlon is 2×
- olympic decathlon 2×
- vinci decathlon 2×
- for decathlon 2×
- win decathlon 2×
- decathlon he 2×