Definitions for decathlon

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decathlon de·cath·lon

Spelling: [dih-kath-lon]

IPA: /dɪˈkæθ lɒn/

Decathlon is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 641 anagrams from letters in decathlon (acdehlnot).

Definitions for decathlon

noun

1. an athletic contest comprising ten different track-and-field events and won by the contestant amassing the highest total score.

Origin of decathlon

1910-15; dec- + Greek âthlon prize, contest

Examples for decathlon

Dylan Bright died too young to compete in the decathlon of Flourishing.

There were five events in the Pentathlon and ten in the decathlon.

One example among several: his time in the decathlon 1,500-meter run—4 minutes 40.1 seconds—was not beaten until the 1972 Games.

"I did ask Ashton Eaton to come out," the driver of USA-1 said of the 2012 Olympic decathlon gold medalist, who declined.