olympiad
IPA: oʊɫˈɪmpiæd
Root Word: Olympiad
noun
- A four-year period, particularly (historical) those based on Hippias's computations of the ancient Olympic Games which placed Coroebus's footrace victory in 776 BCE and (sports) those based on the modern Summer Olympic Games first held in 1896.
- (sports, sometimes proscribed) Synonym of Olympic Games: an instance of the ancient or modern Olympic Games.
- (by extension, usually preceded by descriptive words) A competition aspiring to the importance of the Olympic Games or considered similar to them, especially one occurring at 4-year intervals, representing a national or international range of amateur student rather than professional adult competition, and/or requiring the highest level of ability in the field for success.
- Alternative letter-case form of Olympiad, q.v. [A four-year period, particularly (historical) those based on Hippias's computations of the ancient Olympic Games which placed Coroebus's footrace victory in 776 BCE and (sports) those based on the modern Summer Olympic Games first held in 1896.]
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Examples of "olympiad" in Sentences
- Bridges are then tested at the Olympiad.
- Edutech and the National Robotic Olympiad.
- These are the games of the XXVIII Olympiad.
- The verdict was to continue with the Olympiad.
- This would be far more normal for an olympiad.
- The Olympiad was a great success and achievement.
- They then battle the rival day camp in an Olympiad.
- I was just interested in qualifying for the Olympiad.
- But by the next Olympiad, she needed no such assistance.
- The modern Olympiad starts with the celebration of the Olympiad.
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