Olympic

adjective

Olym·​pic ə-ˈlim-pik How to pronounce Olympic (audio)
ō-
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: of or relating to the Olympic Games

Examples of Olympic in a Sentence

She won an Olympic medal in diving.
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Nová competed in her first World Cup in 2019, and made her Olympic debut three years later, according to her International Ski and Snowboard Federation bio. Bailey Richards, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025 An Olympic gold medal, Women’s Open Championship win at St. Andrews and entry into the LPGA’s Hall of Fame elevated Ko to dizzying heights in the women’s game. Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025 The 2024 men’s Olympic team won medals in nine of 10 individual track races, the most for any country since the first time that all of those events were part of the Olympic program in 1920. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2025 Despaigne captured Olympic bronze at the London 2012 Olympic Games, and added two more bronze medals to his collection at the 2013 and 2015 taekwondo world championships before turning his attention to MMA. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Olympic 

Word History

First Known Use

1590, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Olympic was in 1590

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“Olympic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Olympic. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

Olympic

adjective
Olym·​pic ə-ˈlim-pik How to pronounce Olympic (audio)
ō-
1
2
: of or relating to the Olympic Games
the U.S. Olympic team
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