stadium
Americannoun
plural
stadiums, stadia-
a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.
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an ancient Greek course for foot races, typically semicircular, with tiers of seats for spectators.
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an ancient Greek and Roman unit of length, the Athenian unit being equal to about 607 feet (185 meters).
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a stage in a process or in the life of an organism.
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Entomology. stage.
noun
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a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators
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(in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats
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an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres
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(in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings
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obsolete a particular period or stage in the development of a disease
Etymology
Origin of stadium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek stádion unit of distance, racecourse
Example Sentences
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"I could feel the nervousness inside the stadium," Slot said, after a strange game where Liverpool were clinical if not always in control.
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I think that everyone in the stadium that day felt that.
From BBC
Ealing Trailfinders, consistently the best team in the second tier, have failed to meet the existing standards - especially around stadium size - barring them from a play-off game against the top flight's bottom side.
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The letter, also seen by the Metropolitan Police, was ordered to be disclosed to Brent Council, Claydon's family and stadium owners the Football Association.
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But that should be because of the action on the pitch, not because he can't use his mobile phone to call a friend in the stadium, or check the progress of other critical games.
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