Get to know Olympics better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like olympiad or athletics.
Olympics meaning
The Olympic Games.
Using Olympics
- The main meaning on this page is: The Olympic Games.
- Useful related words include: olympic games, olympiad, athletic contest, athletic competition.
- In the example corpus, olympics often appears in combinations such as: the olympics, winter olympics, olympics in.
Context around Olympics
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 14 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Olympics
- In this selection, "olympics" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, summer, special, winter, except, gold and foil stand out and add context to how "olympics" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2008 summer olympics and the, 2012 summer olympics in london, paris olympics, london olympics and olympics gold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "olympics" sits close to words such as abortion, dancing and improvements, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with olympics
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
After the 2008 Olympics, baseball and softball were removed from the next two Olympics. (14 words)
Batra reiterated India's interest in bidding for the 2032 Olympics and 2026 Youth Olympics. (15 words)
The rise in popularity of the sport after the 2020 Olympics is anticipated to increment again post the 2024 Olympics. (20 words)
Sabre events have been held at every Summer Olympics ; foil events have been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908; Épée events have been held at every Summer Olympics except in the summer of 1896 because of unknown reasons. (39 words)
For softballers, the postponement has been particularly hard as the sport’s return to the Olympics created a tremendous buzz for Australian players, who along with USA, have won medals at all four Olympics where softball was played. (38 words)
And if you want to find online coverage of Simone Biles at the Olympics, allows UK viewers to stream all the action live and on-demand, in addition to providing a curated digital channel dubbed Olympics Extra. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Sabre events have been held at every Summer Olympics ; foil events have been held at every Summer Olympics except 1908; Épée events have been held at every Summer Olympics except in the summer of 1896 because of unknown reasons.
After starting skiing and boarding at Thredbo as a child, Bright won gold in the superpipe at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and silver in the halfpipe at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
But if Holiday does join Team USA, he gets the chance to match his wife in Olympics gold medals — Lauren Holiday won two Olympics gold medals with the United States soccer team in 2008 and 2012.
Michael Corbett makes a presentation to Stephen O'Leary in Fermoy as captain of the Irish special olympics soccer team who won gold at the special olympics world summer games in Berlin.
The rise in popularity of the sport after the 2020 Olympics is anticipated to increment again post the 2024 Olympics.
Ahead of the Olympics, UN Women sat down with Sophia Anisa Latiff, a young swimmer and one of the three women and seven team members representing Tanzania this year, to discuss her journey to the Olympics.
And if you want to find online coverage of Simone Biles at the Olympics, allows UK viewers to stream all the action live and on-demand, in addition to providing a curated digital channel dubbed Olympics Extra.
Dennis, 33, won two world titles in the road time trial, as well as silver in the team pursuit at the London Olympics and bronze in the road time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.
He helped Spain finish with a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Kurt had competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and Victor joined him at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Punia won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, while Vinesh Phogat became the first woman wrestler to reach the Olympics final in Paris last month.
Salt Lake City has won the Olympics lottery again, and the city will be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2034.
The 6-foot-5 Bradford Woods native is making his second appearance in the Olympics after finishing fifth in the men’s 4 in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The Indian men's hockey team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics by winning back-to-back medals at the Games for the first time since the 1972 Olympics in Munich.
A springtime Olympics would also leave very little time for all the various athlete qualification events around the world that need to take place before the Olympics.
For softballers, the postponement has been particularly hard as the sport’s return to the Olympics created a tremendous buzz for Australian players, who along with USA, have won medals at all four Olympics where softball was played.
Just like with the Olympics, even if covid19 was contained here in Japan, Olympics still wouldn't push thru if covid19 was raging in many other countries.
A former Special Olympics Games athlete, Glad Ketaleka said being part of the Special Olympics helped him to accept himself, and to have special interests hence paving the way to reach his dreams.
After the 2008 Olympics, baseball and softball were removed from the next two Olympics.
Batra reiterated India's interest in bidding for the 2032 Olympics and 2026 Youth Olympics.
Phrases with olympics
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Common combinations with olympics
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: