FIELD EVENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A competition that takes place on a field rather than on a running track

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("field event" is a kind of...):

match (a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "field event"):

high jump (a competition that involves jumping as high as possible over a horizontal bar)

broad jump; long jump (a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start)

pole jump; pole jumping; pole vault; pole vaulting (a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole)

shot put (an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball is hurled as far as possible)

hammer throw (an athletic competition in which a heavy metal ball that is attached to a flexible wire is hurled as far as possible)

discus (an athletic competition in which a disk-shaped object is thrown as far as possible)

javelin (an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible)

Holonyms ("field event" is a part of...):

track meet (a track and field competition between two or more teams)