Winter Olympics
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2.5
- proper noun
- /ˈwɪntər oʊˈlɪmpɪks/
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Juegos Olímpicos de Invierno
- Moreover, Yu-na Kim, a winner at the 2010 Figure Skating Winter Olympics, skated to "Arirang" to showcase a beautiful and memorable dance on ice.
- 2002 Winter Olympics
I want to represent Mexico in the Winter Olympics as a cross country skier.
- I want to represent Mexico in the Winter Olympics as a cross country skier.
- But look, not everyone wants to watch the Winter Olympics on that other network, right?
- The Beijing Winter Olympics hit by deluge of complaints from athletes.
- And it is cities that have hosted the summer all Winter Olympics.
- And it didn't even hit me that I felt that way until I watched the Winter Olympics and they announced someone and they were like silver medalist.
Examples
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Though Benjy is overtired, I let him stay up to watch the Winter Olympics.
Fiction book (2002) -
And aren't the Winter Olympics in February or something?
Fiction book (2001) -
But look, not everyone wants to watch the Winter Olympics on that other network, right?
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And here we have, this was from the Winter Olympics a few years ago.
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When are the Winter Olympics this year?
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm gonna go to the Winter Olympics.
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There are those who anticipate the Summer Olympics every four years; others, the Winter Olympics.
Blog text (3) -
I want to represent Mexico in the Winter Olympics as a cross country skier.
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The Beijing Winter Olympics hit by deluge of complaints from athletes.
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We are just 34 days away from the start of the Winter Olympics in Russia.
Synonyms
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2.1
A major international sports event that happens every four years for winter sports like skiing and skating
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term is directly compositional: 'winter' specifies the season/type of sports and 'Olympics' names the international multi-sport event, so the phrase means the Olympic Games for winter sports. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Winter Olympics got its name by joining winter with Olympics, the famous games from old Greece and the modern international games. So the name now means 'a big international sports event for snow and ice that happens every four years'.