Paralympic Games
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- noun
- /ˌpærəˈlɪmpɪk ɡeɪmz/
- He said the athletes in London—the biggest Paralympic Games in history—had demonstrated that their achievements are about ability rather than disability.
- Olympic and Paralympic Games
- the 1996 Paralympic Games
- the Paralympic Games in Atlanta
Examples
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Kenny Bodanis covered the Paralympic Games and sees in them a manifestation of the Olympic spirit well beyond the "normal" Olympics.
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At the Paralympic Games, a lesson in a loss
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I am 10 days removed from my role as part of the media pool covering the Paralympic Games in London.
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Determined not to let the injury stop her, through commitment she went on and won 4 gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games.
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Crowds make their way out of the Olympic Park at Stratford during the London 2012 Paralympic Games on Monday.
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Gen. Dempsey was in the UK to attend the Paralympic Games, where he is serving as the head of the U.S. delegation.
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In his role, Brenner led the athletes, coaches, staff, and volunteers at the 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in London, England.
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The wheelchair racer Joshua George will be competing in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London and writing for the 2012 London blog.
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Under the leadership of Lord Coe, the 1980 and 1984 Olympic 1500 metres champion, the BOA will work collaboratively with partners across government, sport, and the private sector to ensure the inspiration of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games translates into a legacy that benefits every level of sport in the UK for generations to come.
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This year, athletes from around the world will compete in the Paralympic Games to showcase their incredible abilities.
Synonyms
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3.2
A major sports event for athletes with disabilities from many countries held after the Olympics
Surface Forms
Morphology
Paralympic + game
The element 'Paralympic' transparently links to 'Olympic' (an Olympic-style event) and 'Games' clearly denotes a multi-sport event, so learners can infer it is an Olympic-type competition. However, the specific sense that it is for athletes with disabilities is a lexicalized, culturally specific meaning of 'Paralympic' that an average B1 learner would not reliably derive from the prefix 'para-' alone, making the overall expression only partially predictable.
Etymology
Paralympic Games comes from the part para- and the Olympic Games. One popular idea says para- means 'beside' or 'alongside', because these games were created to happen beside the Olympics for athletes with disabilities, so the name shows they run 'alongside' the Olympic Games.