female athlete

collocation in English

meaningsoffemaleandathlete

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female
adjective
uk
/ˈfiː.meɪl/us
/ˈfiː.meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that can give birth to young or ...
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athlete
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæθ.liːt/us
/ˈæθ.liːt/
a person who is very good at sports or physical exercise, especially one who competes in ...
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(Definition offemaleandathletefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffemale athlete

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She appeared on 19 consecutive all-star teams in that sport, and was the highest-paidfemaleathletein the 1960s and 1970s.
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She was voted 14th bestfemaleathletein the world that year.
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For example, in maintaining a place on the team or continued scholarship support, afemaleathletemay feel compelled to overtrain or restrict eating.
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For her achievements she was named the conferencefemaleathleteof the year.
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A youngfemaleathletewho had been paraplegic was shown beginning to move her legs.
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She was also the firstfemaleathleteever to receive that honor.
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Bardauskien was the firstfemaleathleteto break the 7m barrier in long jump (7.07m).
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Swedish newspapers named her the country's all-timefemaleathlete.
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Abernathy was the oldestfemaleathleteat these games.
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Only onefemaleathletewas determined to be good enough to send.
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She is notable for being the firstfemaleathleteto receive an athletic scholarship there.
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She was the school's firstfemaleathleteto have her jersey retired.
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She also won the associated pressfemaleathleteof the year award for 1993.
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She covered her final 400m in 59.9 seconds, easily winning her fifth individual world championships gold medal, the most ever by afemaleathlete.
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This award is handed to the nation's top high schoolfemaleathlete.
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For the first time female athletes were investigated.
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A recent study found that male and female athletes with the highest saliva testosterone concentrations tended to have higher rankings within the team.
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Awards include weekly players of the week, all conference teams, all conference coaches, all scholar athletes,femaleathleteof the year, and male athlete of the year.
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Clearly, aspects of appearance play a large part in framing the female athlete's perceptions of self-ageing.
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