THREE-DAY EVENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does three-day event mean? 

• THREE-DAY EVENT (noun)
  The noun THREE-DAY EVENT has 1 sense:

1. an equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping

  Familiarity information: THREE-DAY EVENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THREE-DAY EVENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An equestrian competition; the first day is dressage; the second is cross-country jumping; the third is stadium jumping

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("three-day event" is a kind of...):

equestrian sport (a sport that tests horsemanship)

Meronyms (parts of "three-day event"):

dressage (maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider)

showjumping; stadium jumping (riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles)

cross-country jumping; cross-country riding (riding horses across country over obstructions to demonstrate horsemanship)

 Context examples 

The three-day event, jointly sponsored by the pontifical academy of science and pontifical academy of social sciences, aims to find a solution to save the planet’s diversity.

(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)