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olympiade — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Olympiad noun The four-year period between one Olympic Games and the next, or, loosely, the Games themselves.
  • Olympics name The Olympic Games, the major international multi-sport competition held every four years.

Senses

olympiade is used for these senses in English:

  • Olympiad (by, _, extension, usually, _, preceded, _) 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.
  • Olympics The Olympic Games.

Olympiad — full definition

  1. noun The four-year period between one Olympic Games and the next, or, loosely, the Games themselves.
  2. noun A large competition modeled on the Olympics, especially an academic contest held every few years, such as the International Mathematical Olympiad.

Olympics — full definition

  1. name The Olympic Games, the major international multi-sport competition held every four years.
  2. noun Informally, any intense competition or rivalry, used loosely and often humorously.