Olympic Games
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1.1
- noun
- /oʊˈlɪmpɪk ɡeɪmz/
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Juegos Olímpicos
- Coubertin organized the first Olympic Congress in 1894, and the first modern Olympic Games soon followed in 1896.
- athletes at the Olympic Games
- host the Olympic Games
- Summer Olympic Games
So the president of the IOC knows that those are three of the big sports at the Olympic Games.
- So the president of the IOC knows that those are three of the big sports at the Olympic Games.
- It's also three times less than in Beijing, but it's three times less than during the Beijing Olympic Games.
- The contemporary Olympic Games has also maintained the cycle of returning to a place every four years.
- Eventually I go to the Olympic Games without my dad.
- Gary Hall Junior, Jason Lezak to to do that in that pressure cooker that is the Olympic Games.
- And you know, he, he was, he was foreshadowed to, to be one of the biggest victors of these Olympic Games.
- And I spoke with this guy called Katie and he had his dream is to get someone from sweater to the Olympic Games.
- No news, of course, at the time they presented our case like we deserved that it was all right because of our heritage and Olympic Games and so on.
Examples
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In the 1956 Olympic Games, the Hungarian water polo team defeated the Russian team.
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The greatest athletes of the world gather every four years to compete in the Olympic Games.
Academic text (1991) -
Eventually I go to the Olympic Games without my dad.
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The best man to prepare the team for the Olympic Games?
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For example, Beijing received the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
Academic text (2003) -
When people participate in the Olympic Games, there is not the West versus Russia.
Blog text (21) -
With only days to go before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, we're thrilled to bring you this live television event on ABC TV tonight.
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Subsequently, the Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Academic text (2007) -
Flamenco dancers recently dazzled a worldwide audience in the opening ceremony of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.
Academic text (1998) -
Athletes from around the world will gather in Tokyo for the next Olympic Games to compete in various sports.
Synonyms
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2.1
An international sports event held every four years where athletes from many countries compete
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A large international sports event held every four years in one country
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Olympic' (relating to the Olympics) + 'Games' (sporting competitions) yields the notion of sporting competitions held under the Olympic name. Although knowledge of the ancient festival's historical details (Zeus, 776 BC) is specialized, the general concept of periodic multi-sport competitions is immediately clear to a learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Olympic Games gets its name from the ancient festival at Olympia, where Greek athletes met 'every four years' to run, jump and wrestle to honor Zeus. So today Olympic Games means a large international sports event held 'every four years'.