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Olympic Games

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Noun

1. olympiad, olympic games, olympics

the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country

2. olympian games, olympic games

the ancient Panhellenic celebration at Olympia in honor of Zeus; held every 4 years beginning in 776 BC

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Olympic Games

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noun (functioning as singular or plural)
1. 
the greatest Panhellenic festival, held every fourth year in honour of Zeus at ancient Olympia. From 472 bc, it consisted of five days of games, sacrifices, and festivities
2. Also called: the Olympics trademark
the modern revival of these games, consisting of international athletic and sporting contests held every four years in a selected country since their inception in Athens in 1896
See also Winter Olympic Games

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Olympic Games

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1. 
an ancient Greek festival consisting of contests in athletics, poetry, and music, held every four years at Olympia to honor Zeus
2.  trademark
a modern international athletic competition that is generally held every four years in a different location, consisting of summer events, as track and field, swimming, and volleyball, and, in a different city and month, winter events, as skiing, ice skating, and ice hockey: until 1992 all the events were held in the same year but since 1994 the winter events and summer events have been separated by a two-year interval

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Olympic Games

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n.
1.
a. (used with a pl. verb) A group of modern international athletic contests held as separate winter and summer competitions every four years in a different city. In 1994 the winter games were moved ahead two years so that the winter and summer games would alternate every two years.
b. (used with a sing. verb) The set of contests that occur in one season: an Olympic Games that was boycotted by many countries.
2. (used with a pl. verb) A Pan-Hellenic festival in ancient Greece consisting of athletic games and contests of choral poetry and dance, first celebrated in 776 BC and held periodically until AD 393 on the plain of Olympia in honor of the Olympian Zeus. In this sense, also called Olympian Games; In all senses, also called Olympics.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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