Noun: Olympiad u'lim-pee,ad
- One of the four-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
- The modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country
- Olympic Games, Olympics
Derived forms: Olympiads
Type of: athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, period, period of time, time period, time span
Encyclopedia: Olympiad