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Collocations for athletics - noun

1. (BrE) sports such as running, jumping, etc.

→ See also track and field

ADJECTIVE

indoor, outdoor
junior, senior
amateur, schools
international, world

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VERB + athletics

compete in, do, take part in
My daughter wants to compete in athletics.
take up
She didn't take up athletics until she was 20.
quit

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athletics + NOUN

championships, competition, event, meet, meeting
stadium
star
coach
club, team
federation
official
career
the hardest event of her athletics career
circuit, scene, world
How long has she been competing on the international athletics circuit?

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2. (AmE) any sports

ADJECTIVE

collegiate, intercollegiate
college, high-school
amateur, competitive, professional

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athletics + NOUN

program
department

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