Olympic Games

plural noun

1

: an ancient Panhellenic festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor's prize a crown of wild olive

2

: a modified revival of the ancient Olympic Games consisting of international athletic contests that are held at separate winter and summer gatherings at four year intervals

called also Olym*pics\ ə-​ˈlim-​piks , ō-​ \

Examples of Olympic Games in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Spoelstra will lead the United States at the 2027 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Doha, Qatar, and at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, where the team will attempt to capture a sixth straight Olympic gold medal. —Evan Dammarell, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025

Spoelstra previously served as head of the 2021 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team, which trained alongside the 2020 USA Men’s National Team ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. —Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025

Oshie played in the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. —Brad Elliott Schlossman, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2025

The upcoming Winter Olympic Games is a key driver for new hotel openings this year. —Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Olympic Games

• aims
• blames
• claims
• dames
• fames
• flames
• frames
• hames
• kames
• lames
• names
• shames

Kids Definition

Olympic Games

plural noun

1

: an ancient Greek festival held every fourth year and made up of contests in sports, music, and literature

2

: a series of international athletic contests held in a different country during the summer and the winter once every four years