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the Olympic Games

 
 
/əˈlɪmpɪkˌgeɪmz/ noun [plural] (also the Olympics)

Definition

an international sports competition that happens every four years
Olympic adjective [always before noun] relating to the Olympic Games: She broke the Olympic record.
(Definition of the Olympic Games noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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