Meaning of Olympic Games | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus.
   historical, plural, plural-only
2. An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year.
   plural, plural-only

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Examples

“The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC.”

“In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.”

“Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.”

“Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games.”

“Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf.”

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