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

Our technology has quietly powered past Olympic Games, including Paris 2024. —Billee Howard, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

It will also be added to the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. —Jessica Golden, CNBC, 25 June 2025

On Monday, June 23, the 11-time Olympic medalist, 28, shared a series of Instagram Stories to commemorate Olympic Day, which celebrates the 1948 revival of the games after the last Olympic Games were held in Paris on June 23, 1894. —Charna Flam, People.com, 24 June 2025

Jones was fourth in the 100 hurdles at the 2012 Olympic Games in London before switching to bobsled, winning the mixed team gold medal at the 2013 World Championships. —Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 21 June 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