stadium
noun
Simple meaning
A venue where sporting events are held.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈsteɪdiəm
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A venue where sporting events are held.
An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- A2 · Elementary (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A venue where sporting events are held.
Used this way, stadium is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use stadium
- “Thousands of fans cheered loudly inside the stadium during the game.”
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Word Family
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Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
Riding horses in competitions over set courses to demonstrate skill in jumping over obstacles.
A stadium that has a roof.
A stadium that has a roof.
A stadium where football games are held.
A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.
Related Words
Connected to the same idea, not synonyms.
- ballparknoun
- attendancenoun
- seatingnoun
- venuenoun
- seatsnoun
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Synonyms
Sense: venue where sporting events are held
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