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English translation: athletics event


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English term or phrase:track meeting
English translation:athletics event
Entered by: Mohamed Elsayed
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22:49 Dec 10, 2008
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Marketing - Marketing / Market Research
English term or phrase: track meeting
Context: X was selling running shoes out the back of a van at the local university track meeting.

I wish to know what is meant by track meeting, is it a kind of events held by the university? If so, what kind of activities these meetings usually include? Or it is simply a running race held by the university?
Mohamed Elsayed
Local time: 03:19
athletics event
Explanation:
I would understand it to be an athletics event, covering all the track events, i.e running races over various distances, hurdles, etc.
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Claire Cox
Local time: 02:19
Grading comment
Thanks a million Claire :)
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4 +9athletics event
Claire Cox


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
athletics event


Explanation:
I would understand it to be an athletics event, covering all the track events, i.e running races over various distances, hurdles, etc.

Claire Cox
Local time: 02:19
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks a million Claire :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof: It's called a 'track meet', not 'track meeting'.
35 mins

agree  Ken Cox: with Tina
58 mins

agree  Gary D: we use "meeting" here in Australia
2 hrs

agree  conejo: In the US, a "track meet" would be the equivalent of a "game" or "competition" in other sports. People run races, and other things like the shotput may be involved.
2 hrs

agree  Phong Le
2 hrs

agree  Demi Ebrite: "Track Meet"
5 hrs

agree  Pham Huu Phuoc
8 hrs

agree  orientalhorizon
1 day5 hrs

agree  Alaa Zeineldine
1 day9 hrs
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