Olympiad Definition

ō-lĭmpē-ăd
noun
In ancient Greece, any of the four-year periods between Olympic games: used by the Greeks in computing time.
Webster's New World
A celebration of the modern Olympic games.
Webster's New World
Alternative capitalization of Olympiad.
Wiktionary

A competition or series of competitions resembling an Olympiad, especially in science.

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Noun

Singular:
Olympiad
Plural:
olympiads

Origin of Olympiad

  • Back-formation from Middle English Olympiades Olympiads from Latin Olympias Olympiad- Olympiad from Greek Olumpias Olumpiad- from Olumpia , Olympia, Greece, site of the Olympic Games

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Olympiad Sentence Examples

  • The number of events continued to increase every Olympiad and become more popular as well.

  • The penteteric festival was celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad.

  • For example, Varro refers the foundation of Rome to the 21st of April of the third year of the sixth Olympiad, and it is required to find the year before our era.

  • The first six months belonged to the fourth year of the 194th Olympiad.

  • The practice was long afterwards adopted of designating the Olympiad, or period of four years, by the name of the victor in the contests of the stadium, and of inscribing his name in the gymnasium of Olympia.

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