Explore Olympic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like athletics or olympian. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Olympic meaning
- Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
- Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
- Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
Using Olympic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. | Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods. | Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
- Useful related words include: athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics, olympian.
- In the example corpus, olympic often appears in combinations such as: the olympic, olympic games, olympic committee.
Context around Olympic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Olympic
- In this selection, "olympic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, australian, international, summer, games, committee and winter stand out and add context to how "olympic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include of the olympic games and, 206 national olympic committees nocs, olympic games, olympic committee and international olympic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "olympic" sits close to words such as pace, collected and elizabeth, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with olympic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Moreover, his international achievements include winning three Olympic Gold Medals and one Olympic Bronze Medal. (15 words)
It does say that each of 206 national Olympic committees (NOCs) is obliged to participate in the Olympic Games by sending athletes. (22 words)
It is organized every four years by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). (22 words)
The Olympic Charter (rule 55.3) of the International Olympic Committee states that the Olympic summer and winter games shall be opened by the head of state of the host nation, by uttering a single formulaic phrase as determined by the charter. (42 words)
Gordon’s ex-husband and Jennifer Burkard’s father, Lloyd L. “Monty” Gordon, was a founding member of the Canadian Olympic bobsled team, and competed in Olympic games with the team, according to an obituary published in the Stowe Reporter in 2019. (42 words)
Olympic and world champions Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Athing Mu will miss next week’s Los Angeles Grand Prix, a two-day extravaganza at Drake Stadium billed as the most talent-loaded track meet in Southern California since the 1984 Olympic Games. (42 words)
Example sentences (20)
The IOC provides financial support from Olympic broadcast revenue to the 28 IFs of Olympic summer sports and the seven IFs of Olympic winter sports after the completion of the Olympic Games and the Olympic Winter Games, respectively.
Although the concept of an Olympic Truce or Ekecheiria is thought to date back to the Olympic Games of antiquity, it was not until 1993 that a formal "Olympic Truce" was adopted by the UN at the request of the IOC.
Olympic society understands that the Olympic Games cannot be staged without Russia,” said Levitin, who is the senior vice-president of the Russian Olympic Committee, in comments reported by state news agency Tass.
Zammit is one of an elite group of local athletes who received an Olympic Solidarity Scholarship by the Maltese Olympic Committee in preparation for upcoming sporting events, including next year’s Paris Olympic Games.
The highlight from Skinner’s time with the Olympic team was watching Sarah Hildebrandt, a 2021 Olympic bronze medalist and six-time Pan-American wrestling champion, fulfill her Olympic dream.
Matt Carroll AM, CEO of the Australian Olympic Committee said, “With the Tokyo Olympic Games the closest thing to a home games since Sydney 2000, we are delighted to have Cadbury on board once again to support our Australian Olympic Team.
The International Olympic Committee announced last year that it was adding 3×3 basketball to the Olympic basketball program starting with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
However, World War I put an end to the plans of Olympic competition, and it was not until the winter sports week in Chamonix in 1924—retroactively awarded Olympic status—that ice speed skating reached the Olympic programme.
In 1925, the IOC decided to organize Olympic Winter Games every four years, independent of the Olympic Games proper, and recognized the International Winter Sports Week as the first Olympic Winter games in retrospect.
Revenue distribution The IOC distributes some of Olympic marketing revenue to organisations throughout the Olympic Movement to support the staging of the Olympic Games and to promote the worldwide development of sport.
The Olympic Charter (rule 55.3) of the International Olympic Committee states that the Olympic summer and winter games shall be opened by the head of state of the host nation, by uttering a single formulaic phrase as determined by the charter.
The United Kingdom hosted the 2012 Olympic games, its third Summer Olympic Games, in its capital London, making London the first city to host the Summer Olympic Games three times.
Gordon’s ex-husband and Jennifer Burkard’s father, Lloyd L. “Monty” Gordon, was a founding member of the Canadian Olympic bobsled team, and competed in Olympic games with the team, according to an obituary published in the Stowe Reporter in 2019.
It does say that each of 206 national Olympic committees (NOCs) is obliged to participate in the Olympic Games by sending athletes.
It is organized every four years by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
It takes the number of partners for Australia's Olympic team up to 32, with existing deals including those with the 14 members of The Olympic Partner programme, sportswear brands Asics and Speedo and the Royal Australian Mint.
Last month the Olympic Council of Asia made a proposal at the Olympic Summit in Lausanne to facilitate the participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus in competitions under its auspices.
Moreover, his international achievements include winning three Olympic Gold Medals and one Olympic Bronze Medal.
Olympic and world champions Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Athing Mu will miss next week’s Los Angeles Grand Prix, a two-day extravaganza at Drake Stadium billed as the most talent-loaded track meet in Southern California since the 1984 Olympic Games.
The Australian Olympic Committee has warned that without an urgent $18.3million injection of cash, athletes were going to miss out on their shot at Olympic glory.
Phrases with olympic
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with olympic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the olympic 91×
- olympic games 64×
- olympic committee 50×
- international olympic 27×
- an olympic 22×
- olympic and 16×
- olympic gold 14×
- tokyo olympic 11×
- of olympic 10×
- winter olympic 10×