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Definition of stadium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stadium

noun
 
/ˈsteɪdiəm/
 
/ˈsteɪdiəm/
(plural stadiums, stadia
 
/ˈsteɪdiə/
 
/ˈsteɪdiə/
)
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  1. 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
    Extra Examples
    • 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.
    Topics Buildingsb1, Sports: ball and racket sportsb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • packed
    • all-seater
    • indoor
    verb + stadium
    • fill
    • pack
    • pack into
    preposition
    • at a/​the stadium
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    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.
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