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O·lym·pi·ad    Audio Help   [uh-lim-pee-ad, oh-lim-] Pronunciation Key
–noun (often lowercase)
1.a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
2.a celebration of the modern Olympic Games.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L Olympiad-, s. of Olympias < Gk Olympiás n. use of the adj.: of Olympus. See Olympia, -ad1]

O·lym·pi·ad·ic, adjective
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O·lym·pi·ad    Audio Help   (ō-lĭm'pē-ād')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An interval of four years between celebrations of the Olympic Games, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned dates.
  2. Sports A celebration of the modern Olympic Games.


[Back-formation from Middle English Olympiades, Olympiads, from Latin Olympias, Olympiad-, Olympiad, from Greek Olumpias, Olumpiad-, from Olumpia, Olympia, Greece, site of the Olympic Games.]

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olympiad 
1398, "period of four years" (between Olympic games), from Gk. olympiados, gen. of Olympias (see Olympic). Used by ancient Greeks as a unit in computing time. Revived in modern usage with revival of the games, 1896.

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olympiad

noun
1. one of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC 
2. the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country [syn: Olympic Games

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Olympiad

O*lym"pi*ad\, n. The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906).
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Olympiad

O*lym"pi*ad\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*[a^]d), n. [L. olympias, -adis, Gr. 'olympia`s, -a`dos, fr. 'O`lympos Olympus, a mountain in Macedonia: cf. F. olympiade.] (Greek Antiq.) 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[oe]bus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads.
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