long jump

long jump
noun
1. a competition that involves jumping as far as possible from a running start
• Syn: ↑broad jump
• Hypernyms: ↑field event
• Part Meronyms: ↑run-up
2. the act of jumping as far as possible from a running start
• Syn: ↑broad jump
• Hypernyms: ↑jumping

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noun

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Track and Field.
1. a jump for distance from a running start.
2. a field event featuring competition in the long jump. Also called broad jump, running broad jump.
[1880-85]

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long jump noun
An athletic contest in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground from a running start
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Main Entry: ↑long

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long jump,
= broad jump. (Cf. ↑broad jump)

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n. the long jump an athletic event in which competitors jump as far as possible along the ground in one leap
Derivatives:
long jumper n.

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noun
the long jump
: an athletic event in which people compete by trying to jump as far as they can

He won a gold medal in the long jump.

— sometimes used before another noun

a long jump competition

She set a long jump record at the meet.

; called also (US) the broad jump
long jumper noun, pl ⋯ -ers [count]

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the ˈlong jump [long jump] (NAmE also the ˈbroad jump) noun singular
a sporting event in which people try to jump as far forward as possible after running up to a line
See also: ↑broad jump  
Example Bank:

•

Hansen came third in the long jump.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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