olympics
n. C / Un. a major international sports competition held every four years where athletes from many countries compete for medals. It includes both summer and winter games.
n. a quadrennial international multi-sport event featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes participate. Always capitalised; usually treated as a plural noun.
The athletes train for years to compete in the Olympics.
The city spent billions of dollars on infrastructure to prepare for hosting the Summer Olympics.
While the Olympics serve as a platform for global athletic excellence, they also function as a complex geopolitical stage where national identities and international relations are performatively negotiated.
From Olympic + -s.
Usually plural in form and takes a plural verb. When used as a modifier before another noun, it remains singular in form (e.g., 'Olympic village').
He wants to go to the Olympic.He wants to go to the Olympics.When referring to the event itself, the word must be plural.