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olympiad
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun olympiad has 2 senses
- olympiad(n = noun.time) Array - one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC; Array is a kind of period, period of time, time period
- olympiad(n = noun.event) olympic games, olympics - the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country; Array is a kind of athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics
has particulars: winter olympic games, winter olympics
CIDE DICTIONARY
olympiad, n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, 'olympia`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.].
- A period of four years, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned time, being the interval from one celebration of the Olympic games to another, beginning with the victory of Cor
b. c.; as, the era of the olympiads. [1913 Webster] - The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906). See Olympics. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
olympiad, n.
1 a a period of four years between Olympic games, used by the ancient Greeks in dating events. b a four-yearly celebration of the ancient Olympic Games.
2 a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.
3 a regular international contest in chess etc.
1 a a period of four years between Olympic games, used by the ancient Greeks in dating events. b a four-yearly celebration of the ancient Olympic Games.
2 a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.
3 a regular international contest in chess etc.
Etymology
ME f. F Olympiade f. L Olympias Olympiad- f. Gk Olumpias Olumpiad- f. Olumpios: see OLYMPIAN, OLYMPIC
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