stadium

«stadium» in Mova's school dictionary: a big place with rows of seats around a field or track… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (stadium, stadiums; also stadia)

meaning for a pupil

A stadium is a big place with rows of seats around a field or track where people watch sports or concerts. tree →

sense in the lessons

a setting; seats, rows and fans in a stadium; large numbers; in everyday life: going to a football, rugby or baseball game, big concerts; in safety: stay with your adult, know the exits, meet at a set place if lost

examples

• The stadium has 30,000 seats. tree →
• 18,500 fans came to the stadium. tree →
• Each row has 40 seats. tree →
• How many seats were empty? tree →
• The crowd in the stadium cheered when the team scored. tree →
• We went to the stadium to watch the rugby final. tree →
• If you get lost in the stadium, go to a steward. tree →
• The new stadium has a roof that can open. tree →

note

Empty seats = seats − fans. Rows × seats per row gives all seats. Plural: stadiums (common) or stadia (formal). Large numbers: read the comma (30,000 = thirty thousand).

In the corpora

• Small details, like a nearby stadium or shop, can add up to where you live.
• A Roman vomitorium was a wide passage that let crowds pour out of a stadium or theatre, not a room for being sick.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stadium» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.