stadium

[stey-dee-uhm]

noun

plural

stadiums, stadia 

1. a sports arena, usually oval or horseshoe-shaped, with tiers of seats for spectators.

2. an ancient Greek course for foot races, typically semicircular, with tiers of seats for spectators.

3. an ancient Greek and Roman unit of length, the Athenian unit being equal to about 607 feet (185 meters).

4. a stage in a process or in the life of an organism.

5. Entomology.,  stage.

stadium

/ ˈsteɪdɪəm /

noun

1. a sports arena with tiered seats for spectators

2. (in ancient Greece) a course for races, usually located between two hills providing natural slopes for tiers of seats

3. an ancient Greek measure of length equivalent to about 607 feet or 184 metres

4. (in many arthropods) the interval between two consecutive moultings

5. obsolete,  a particular period or stage in the development of a disease

Word History and Origins

Origin of stadium¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek stádion unit of distance, racecourse

Word History and Origins

Origin of stadium¹

C16: via Latin from Greek stadion , changed from spadion a racecourse, from spān to pull; also influenced by Greek stadios steady

Example Sentences

So, if you hear criticism openly in your own stadium like Farke did on Sunday, it means you are in trouble and that results must start changing quite quickly, especially in the Premier League.

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We’re going to have multiple partnerships across touch points in the stadium and bring people into the Jo Malone London male world.

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Travelling Magpies fans were due to be held back inside the stadium after the final whistle for a period of up to one hour for their own safety.

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The ceremony to light the Olympic flame is usually held among the ruins of the 2,600-year-old Temple of Hera, near the stadium where the Olympics were born in 776 BC.

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However the redevelopment is dependent on the stadium being granted permission by the local council to stage 15 non-rugby events each year, which has up until now proved a sticking point.

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