olympiad

English - Turkish

Definition of olympiad in English Turkish dictionary: {i} Olimpiyat; (isim) Olimpiyat
isweeep Olympiad: Uluslararası Sürdürülebilir Dünya Proje Olimpiyatı

English - English

Definition of olympiad in English English dictionary: 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 Corbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b.c.; as, the era of the olympiads; {n} the space or term of four years; a particular occasion of the modern Olympic Games (Olympiade, from , from Olympia); {i} celebration of the modern Olympic Games occurring every four years; period of four years between the ancient Olympic festivities by which the Greeks kept track of the passage of time; The quadrennial celebration of the modern Olympic games; as, the first Olympiad (1906); one of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC; 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 Corœbus in the foot race, which took place in the year 776 b; as, the era of the olympiads; the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
Games of the Olympiad: {i} Summer Olympic Games, the Olympic Games held every four years in the summer
International Olympiad in Informatics: yearly computer science competition for high school students worldwide
chess olympiad: international chess competition

olympiad

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O·lym·pi·ad

ōlîmpiäd

/ōˈləmpēˌad/ /oʊˈlɪmpiːˌæd/

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