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

Filming will begin at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games and continue over two years, with final delivery slated for May 2028 ahead of the Games. —Essie Assibu, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025

Last October Dito Ariotedjo, Indonesia’s Minister of Youth and Sports, said Bach had expressed interest in the nation hosting the 2030 Youth Olympic Games as a stepping stone to the 2036 Olympics. —Blythe Lawrence, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Jim Thorpe won two gold medals in the 1912 Olympic Games for pentathlon and decathlon. —Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Snoop Dogg attends the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Qualification on day two of the Paris Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on July 28, 2024 in Paris, France. —Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1586, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Olympic Games

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• blames
• claims
• dames
• fames
• flames
• frames
• hames
• kames
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• 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