natation
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of natation
1535–45; < Latin natātiōn- (stem of natātiō ), equivalent to natāt ( us ) (past participle of natāre to swim) + -iōn- -ion
Explanation
Is your favorite activity at summer camp archery, arts and crafts, or natation? Natation simply means "the act of swimming." If you want to get really fancy, use this word in its two adjective forms: invite friends to swim in your pool by suggesting a "natatorial adventure"? Or refer to your bathing suit as "natatory attire." Although it sounds academic, natation is the simple act of swimming or floating.
Vocabulary lists containing natation
Example Sentences
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Hit this north Scottsdale natation nirvana that features two heated 25-meter pools boasting approximately 20 lanes.
From Newsweek
Colonel Mayo records one daring performance in natation which is thoroughly characteristic of the lad.
From Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works by Edgar Allan Poe
"By aid of careful auscultation," "And thinking on his late natation," "I think, I think that I deskiver," "A frog within this dear boy's liver."
From Buzz a Buzz or The Bees by Wilhelm Busch
Never, I think, did any swimmer in like circumstances perform such a remarkable feat of natation.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various
Though he was pitched by the heels into mucker about three times a week, that he might acquire the useful art of natation, he still seemed to grow dirtier and dirtier.
From The Secret Glory by Arthur Machen
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