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athlete

ath·lete

athlete

 
pronunciation:
aeth lit
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: a person who participates in sports or other physical activities, often as a competitor.
He thinks professional athletes get paid too much money.My father was a college athlete and won a few trophies.
definition 2: a person with natural talent in sports or other physical activities.
Your four-year-old is quite an athlete; she does a wonderful handstand!
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adjective + (n.)athlete adolescent, amateur, cognitive, collegiate, competitive, disabled, elite, female, gifted, greatest, ideal, individual, injured, intercollegiate, male, motivational, negative, non-contact, outstanding, perceived, pro, professional, psychological, recreational, retired, skilled, talented, top, young [See all][See only the most frequent]
verb + (n.)athlete assess, coach, cope, differ, experience, indicate, motivate, perceive, rate, recruit, utilize
(n.)athlete + verb compete, exhibit, injure, participate, train
noun + (n.)athlete Help anxiety, appraisal, basketball, celebrity, characteristic, coaching, college, coping, disability, eating, elite, endorsement, endurance, entertainer, expectancy, feedback, female, foot, football, gender, graduation, injury, male, medal, motivation, musician, non-elite, nonathlete, orientation, participation, perception, performance, preference, questionnaire, rodeo, sample, satisfaction, schema, scholarship, soccer, spectator, superstar, tennis, testing, track, trainer, triad, varsity, volleyball, wheelchair  [See all][See only the most frequent]
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