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SPECIAL OLYMPICS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Special Olympics mean?
• SPECIAL OLYMPICS (noun)
The noun SPECIAL OLYMPICS has 1 sense:
1. an athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons
Familiarity information: SPECIAL OLYMPICS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An athletic contest modeled after the Olympic Games but intended for mentally or physically handicapped persons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("Special Olympics" is a kind of...):
athletic competition; athletic contest; athletics (a contest between athletes)
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