Olympic

[ uh-lim-pik, oh-lim- ]

/ əˈlɪm pɪk, oʊˈlɪm- /

adjective

of or relating to the Olympic Games: an Olympic contender.

of or relating to Olympia, in Greece.

pertaining to Mount Olympus, in Greece.

Olympian(def 3).

noun

an Olympian deity.

Olympics. Olympic Games(def 2).

Origin of Olympic

1590–1600; < Latin Olympicus of Olympus, of Olympia < Greek Olympikós. See Olympus, -ic

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Examples from the Web for olympic

After Olympic boxer Guillermo Rigondeux defected, his family suffered a form of domestic exile.
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The 41-year-old claims she met the Olympic champion on Tinder, and they fell in love.
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We did a lot in our seven years for the kids, brought the Olympic Games to the country.
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Andy Johns engineered the sessions and we recorded it at Olympic Studios.
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The steamship appeared, and grew in size and power until such giants of the wave as the Titanic and Olympic were set afloat.
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At twenty-two, I won two events at the Olympic Games: fencing and swimming.
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His providing for a cessation of arms during the Olympic games is likewise a mark of the humane and peaceable man.
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They erected tombs to horses which had won Olympic victories and to other favorite animals.
Vacation days in Greece|Rufus B. Richardson
You can tell her she'll be taken on if she likes to turn up at the Olympic to-morrow morning at ten sharp.
The Guinea Stamp|Annie S. Swan

British Dictionary definitions for olympic

Olympic

/ (əˈlɪmpɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to the Olympic Games

of or relating to ancient Olympia

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