- [singular] a period of time during which you swim
- Let's go for a swim.
- How about a quick swim before breakfast?
- She got up early and went for a swim.
- a sponsored swim
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- evening
- morning
- regular
- …
- go for
- have
- take
- …
- suit
- trunks
- coach
- …
- for a swim
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- (especially North American English) (in compounds) related to or used for swimming
- a swim meet (= a swimming competition between teams)
- swim trunks
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- evening
- morning
- regular
- …
- go for
- have
- take
- …
- suit
- trunks
- coach
- …
- for a swim
Word OriginOld English swimman (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zwemmen and German schwimmen.
Idioms
See swim in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryin the swim (of things)
- (informal) involved in things that are happening in society or in a particular situation
- Since leaving the company, he’s no longer in the swim of things.
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