stadium
noun /ˈsteɪdiəm/
/ˈsteɪdiəm/
(plural stadiums, stadia
/ˈsteɪdiə/
/ˈsteɪdiə/
)- a large sports ground surrounded by rows of seats and usually other buildings
- a football/sports stadium
- plans to build a new stadium
- an all-seater stadium
Wordfinder- athlete
- champion
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- spectator
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Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1, Sports: ball and racket sportsb1- The Reds are building a new stadium.
- Thousands packed into the stadium to watch the final.
- the home stadium of the New York Giants
- It is a domed stadium with artificial turf.
- They're planning to turn the football ground into an all-seater stadium.
- Thousands of football fans packed into the stadium to watch the game.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- packed
- all-seater
- indoor
- …
- fill
- pack
- pack into
- …
- at a/the stadium
Word Originlate Middle English (originally referring to an ancient Roman or Greek measure of length): via Latin from Greek stadion. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.