Meaning & use
Broadjump
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An older name for the long jump, a track-and-field event in which athletes jump horizontally as far as possible from a running start.
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He set a school record in the broadjump back in 1978.
The broadjump was an Olympic event long before it was officially renamed the long jump.
A note on using this word
"Broad jump" (also written as "running broad jump") was the standard American term for the event until "long jump" became the internationally preferred name in the later 20th century.
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long jump
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