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Definition of Olympic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Olympic

adjective
 
/əˈlɪmpɪk/
 
/əˈlɪmpɪk/
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  1. connected with the Olympic Games
    • an Olympic athlete/medallist
    • the British Olympic team
    Topics Sports: other sportsb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOlympic is used with these nouns:
    • arena
    • athlete
    • bid
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek Olumpikos ‘of Olympus or Olympia’.
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