the oval space in the center of a Roman amphitheater for gladiatorial combats or other performances.
a central stage, ring, area, or the like, used for sports or other forms of entertainment, surrounded by seats for spectators: a boxing arena; a circus arena.
a building housing an arena.
a field of conflict, activity, or endeavor: the arena of politics.
Origin of arena
1620–30; <Latin (h)arēna sand, sandy place, area sanded for combat
Because of the pandemic, the former president will likely be unable to have the spectacular arena tour that Michelle Obama had, what was then an unprecedented launch for a political book.
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More Than a Vote has been working with sports teams to make giant arenas available as voting venues.
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Unlike local titans Progressive Insurance and Sherwin Williams, TransDigm hasn’t sponsored any of the city’s sports arenas.
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The league barred media from locker rooms and publicly considered having teams play to empty arenas before ultimately stopping play altogether.
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The team puffed six of these scents into arenas with lone locusts.
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The traffic agent was kind enough to direct Sarah discreetly to a closed-off street running behind the arena.
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His policies made the workplace a Hunger Games arena of its own.
The Hunger Games Economy|Jedediah Purdy|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fumes filled the arena, engines revved, and the beastly vehicles made their way out on to the spotlight.
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He lamented that, “American politics has often been an arena for angry minds.”
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The past few years of ugly gridlocked bloodsport politics have driven many Americans out of the arena in disgust.
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The circle of the council room might have been an arena and only those two facing each other and measuring each other.
The Flute of the Gods|Marah Ellis Ryan
Of late years the Arena, a skating rink, has been the scene of the greatest gatherings for concerts, horse shows and motor shows.
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There was every different mode of combat known in the arena, and of these the most deadly were sure to find the most favor.
The Martyr of the Catacombs|Anonymous
The walk around the arena was an eternity, and then it was over and done with, and he had mounted his pedestal.
The Executioner|Frank Riley
In the centre of the arena was a large cross, with a sort of platform around it, and steps to go up.
Rollo in Rome|Jacob Abbott
British Dictionary definitions for arena
arena
/ (əˈriːnə) /
noun
an enclosure or platform, usually surrounded by seats on all sides, in which sports events, contests, entertainments, etc, take placea boxing arena
(as modifier)arena stage
the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheatre, in which gladiatorial contests and other spectacles were held
a sphere or scene of conflict or intense activitythe political arena
Word Origin for arena
C17: from Latin harēna sand, place where sand was strewn for the combats