Associations to the word «Decathlon»

Wiktionary

DECATHLON, noun. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days
DECATHLON, noun. A contest in science and math proving skill

Dictionary definition

DECATHLON, noun. An athletic contest consisting of ten different events.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope