Olympic
- adjective
- /əˈlɪmpɪk/
- The athletes trained for years to compete at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
- Olympic Games
- Olympic Committee
- Olympic athletes
Imagine I am the coach of an Olympic Sprint relay team.
- Imagine I am the coach of an Olympic Sprint relay team.
- And that pressure led the IOC, the Olympic Committee to take action.
- And the Bulgarians were amazing at the sport of Olympic weightlifting, probably.
- Some people are in good shape, but they want to become Olympic style athletes.
- How does it feel when I say MJ, four time Olympic gold medalist?
- Wow, Yeah, I wonder how many Olympic Village babies are there.
- And, and the two rugged Vermonters and the Olympic downhill skier are battling for first.
- It was a school where the coach of the women's Olympic team was the coach there.
- And most Olympic athletes have that mindset.
- They've rebuilt British Cycling and won Olympic gold after Olympic gold.
Examples
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He won, you know, Olympic medals, World Championships by a lot.
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And that pressure led the IOC, the Olympic Committee to take action.
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Where is the next Olympic game set to take place?
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I was on track to head up the Olympic squad.
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Some people are in good shape, but they want to become Olympic style athletes.
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Probably, she thought, this was what it was like to be an Olympic athlete.
Fiction book (1991) -
Official athletic shoe of the 1984 Olympic Games.
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Every four years millions of viewers watch Olympic competition and cheer for competitors from their own countries.
Academic text (1991) -
Please welcome six time Olympic medalist Ali Raisman.
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She is speed walking like she's at the Olympic speed walking finals.
Compounds
A large international sports event held every four years where athletes from many countries compete
An organization that runs the modern Olympic Games around the world
A major international sports event that happens every four years for winter sports like skiing and skating
An ancient Greek festival at Olympia every four years with athletic competitions to honor Zeus
A national park in Washington state with rainforests, mountains, and many animals
- Specialized
A small animal with big eyes and moist skin that lives near streams in the northwestern United States
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Etymology
Olympic for the sports event also comes from the place Olympia, where people held great games long ago. So calling the Games Olympic reminds us they are 'of Olympia' and follow that ancient sporting tradition.