olympic
part of speech
adjective (Olympic, usually with capital O); noun (the Olympics)
meaning for a pupil
1) Olympic means about the Olympic Games, the biggest international sports competition, held every four years in summer and winter versions. tree →
2) Olympic can describe something big or of top standard, like an Olympic-size pool. tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport and PE, athletes compete for gold, silver and bronze medals; the Olympic flag has five rings for the continents. The Paralympic Games are for disabled athletes. In history, the first Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece at Olympia. Phrases: "Olympic Games", "Olympic champion", "Olympic-size pool" (50 metres long).
examples
- She wants to be an Olympic swimmer. tree →
- The Olympic flag has five coloured rings. tree →
- We watched the Olympics on TV. tree →
- An Olympic-size pool is fifty metres long. tree →
- He became an Olympic champion. tree →
- The Olympic torch was carried across the country. tree →
- The first Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece. tree →
- These races, like the Olympic Games, were celebrated at intervals of four years, and were called Herae. tree →
note
Write with a capital O: Olympic, the Olympics. Do not confuse with "Olympian" (a person who takes part; also a Greek god of Mount Olympus). The summer and winter Games now take turns, two years apart.
In the corpora
- Breaking, or breakdancing, started in New York in the 1970s and was an Olympic sport for the first time at Paris 2024.
- People of all ages knit; the British Olympic diver Tom Daley was filmed knitting between events at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
- Judo has been in the Olympics since 1964 and taekwondo since 2000.
- Britain's Sky Brown won an Olympic bronze medal in skateboarding at 13, in Tokyo.
- An Olympic gold medal is mostly silver with a coating of gold; the rules say at least 6 g of gold.
Trees and pragmatics
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