arena

noun

/əˈriːnə/

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a place with a flat open area in the middle and seats around it where people can watch sports and entertainment
- a concert at Wembley Arena
- an indoor sports arena
- a hockey/basketball arena
- plans to construct a new downtown arena
Extra Examples
- He left the arena to loud applause.
- The Hurricanes have a new home arena.
- The rider has to halt the horse in the arena.
Topics Sports: other sportsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- Olympic
- sports
- training
- …
verb + arena
- build
- leave
arena + noun
- floor
preposition
- in an/the arena
- into an/the arena
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(formal) an area of activity that interests the public, especially one where there is a lot of opposition between different groups or countries
- the political/international arena
Extra Examples
- I want to work outside the arena of competition.
- Some documents have now emerged into the public arena.
- The company has been very successful in the commercial arena.
- The conference should provide an arena for marketing our new products.
- This observation also applies in the environmental policy arena.
- Trades unions are active both in individual workplaces and in the wider arena of the state.
- the challenges of bringing a business into the online arena
- Space became an arena for global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Topics Politicsc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- global
- international
- national
- …
verb + arena
- create
- provide
- emerge into
- …
preposition
- in an/the arena
- within an/the arena
- outside an/the arena
- …
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Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin harena, arena ‘sand, sand-strewn place of combat’.

单词	arena
释义	arena noun /əˈriːnə/ /əˈriːnə/ jump to other results a place with a flat open area in the middle and seats around it where people can watch sports and entertainment a concert at Wembley Arena an indoor sports arena a hockey/basketball arena plans to construct a new downtown arena Extra Examples He left the arena to loud applause. The Hurricanes have a new home arena. The rider has to halt the horse in the arena. Topics Sports: other sportsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective Olympic sports training … verb + arena build leave arena + noun floor preposition in an/the arena into an/the arena See full entry (formal) an area of activity that interests the public, especially one where there is a lot of opposition between different groups or countries the political/international arena Extra Examples I want to work outside the arena of competition. Some documents have now emerged into the public arena. The company has been very successful in the commercial arena. The conference should provide an arena for marketing our new products. This observation also applies in the environmental policy arena. Trades unions are active both in individual workplaces and in the wider arena of the state. the challenges of bringing a business into the online arena Space became an arena for global competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Topics Politicsc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective global international national … verb + arena create provide emerge into … preposition in an/the arena within an/the arena outside an/the arena … See full entry Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin harena, arena ‘sand, sand-strewn place of combat’.
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