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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne