(sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.

plural of athletic

(not comparable) Having to do with athletes. / Physically active. / Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape. / An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.

A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.

(baseball) A player on the team Oakland Athletics. / (soccer, uncountable) Short for Athletic Club, a Spanish professional club more often known in English as Athletic Bilbao.

(baseball) The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics. / (US, sports) Nickname for many athletic teams whose full name includes "Athletics".

In an athletic manner.

(uncountable) The state or quality of being athletic.

athletic

A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.