individual medley
in·di·vid·u·al med·ley
I i Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [in-duh-vij-oo-uh l med-lee]
- /ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl ˈmɛd li/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [in-duh-vij-oo-uh l med-lee]
- /ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl ˈmɛd li/
Definition of individual medley words
- noun individual medley a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay (def 2). 1
Information block about the term
Origin of individual medley
First appearance:
before 1945 One of the 6% newest English words
First recorded in 1945-50
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Individual medley
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
individual medley popularity
This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 2% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
individual medley usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with i
- Words starting with in
- Words starting with ind
- Words starting with indi
- Words starting with indiv
- Words starting with indivi
- Words starting with individ
- Words starting with individu
- Words starting with individua
- Words starting with individual
- Words starting with individualm
- Words starting with individualme
- Words starting with individualmed
- Words starting with individualmedl