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IOC

IOC

34 4.1
An organization that runs the modern Olympic Games and chooses hosts
  • noun
translation icon : Comité Olímpico Internacional
  • Finally, the IOC put the energetic Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki, who had led the Athens 2004 bid, in charge.
  • International Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • Olympic Committee (IOC)
  • Committee (IOC)

And that pressure led the IOC, the Olympic Committee to take action.

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Examples

  • The IOC is responsible for setting the rules and guidelines for the Olympic Games.

  • And that pressure led the IOC, the Olympic Committee to take action.

  • Like I say, you follow what the IOC has done in the past.

  • "I intend to note that the IOC denied the request," he said.

    Blog text (11)
  • I think drugs will only be brought to light with the IOC always double- and triple-checking.

    Blog text (31)
  • An IOC session took place for the first time in Los Angeles in 1932.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The idea of regional miniature Olympic games was suggested at the IOC meeting in Paris in 1919.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) decision was a serious blow to Chinese pride and ambition.

    Academic text (2001)
  • But the International Olympic Committee (IOC), unconvinced of Greece's ability to host the Games, awarded them instead to Atlanta.

    Academic text (2004)
  • During the meeting, the IOC discussed the future of the Olympic events and their global impact.

Synonyms

An organization that runs the modern Olympic Games around the world

is the abbreviated form of that same organization name
I.O.C.
vsIOC
  • Jargon
3.9

The group that organizes the modern Olympic Games

is the same abbreviation written without punctuation

Surface Forms

IOC singular
IOCs plural

Etymology

IOC is an abbreviation made from the first letters of International Olympic Committee, which means the 'organization' that runs the Olympic Games. Think of it like the initials in BBC or UN, so IOC names the group that organizes and oversees the modern Olympics.