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# olympiad

noun (olympiad, olympiads)

«olympiad» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An olympiad is a contest where pupils solve hard problems, for example in maths, physics or chess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#m1)
2. An Olympiad is also the four years between Olympic Games, or the Olympic Games themselves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#m2)

### In the lessons

a contest: problems, points, places and pupils taking part; in school: maths olympiads, science olympiads; in history: the ancient Greeks counted time in olympiads of four years

### Examples

- 24 pupils took part in the olympiad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x1)
- The olympiad has 6 problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x2)
- She scored 35 points at the olympiad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x3)
- Each problem is worth 7 points. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x4)
- Our school won two medals at the maths olympiad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x5)
- He practised old olympiad problems every evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x6)
- The chess olympiad brings together teams from many countries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x7)
- An olympiad in ancient Greece lasted four years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/#x8)

### Note

Story word; olympiad problems often hide a trick, so read every word. Full marks = problems × points each (6 × 7 = 42). Comes from «Olympic».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «olympiad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/olympiad/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«olympiad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/olympiad.html) on Mova free.