Olympic Games Definition

noun
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
An ancient Greek festival consisting of contests in athletics, poetry, and music, held every four years at Olympia to honor Zeus.
Webster's New World
The set of contests that occur in one season.
An Olympic Games that was boycotted by many countries.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • olympiad
  • olympics
  • olympian games

Olympic Games Sentence Examples

  • The Olympic Games is the biggest sporting spectacle in the world.

  • It was especially celebrated for its successes in the Olympic games from 588 B.C. onwards, Milo being the most famous of its athletes.

  • These feelings found expression when Dionysius sent his embassy to the Olympic games of 384, and when Lysias bade Greece rise against both its oppressors.

  • They sent competitors to the Olympic games (among them the famous Milo of Croton); and the physicians of Croton early in the 6th century (especially in the person of Democedes) were reputed the best in Greece; but politically they appear to have generally kept themselves separate.

  • The Gymnasticus contains interesting matter concerning the Olympic games and athletic contests generally.

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