swim meet

noun

plural swim meets
chiefly US
: a large gathering of athletes for a swimming competition

Examples of swim meet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Everything, every swim meet is going to be different. Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 The finish time on the clock could never truly reflect just how hard Mia Clark works leading up to each swim meet. Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Oct. 2024 Having to skip my lessons for swim meets every other weekend probably contributed to that. Hazlitt, 14 Aug. 2024 The rivals swam a hundred meters in roughly a minute, a time that would barely register at high school swim meets today. David O. Stewart, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for swim meet 

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Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of swim meet was in 1905

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“Swim meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swim%20meet. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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