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coliseum - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large amphitheater for public sports events, entertainment, or assemblies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Colosseum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large theatre, cinema, or stadium: the London Coliseum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Medieval Latin Colisēum, an amphitheater in Rome, Italy, variant of Latin Colossēum, from neuter of colossēus, gigantic, from colossus, huge statue; see colossus.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Medieval Latin, from Latin Colosseum, from neuter of colosseus ("gigantic"), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaios), from κολοσσός (colossos, "giant statue")
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Examples
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
WN.com - Articles related to State At War With People Of Kashmir: PDP 2010
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
WN.com - Articles related to State At War With People Of Kashmir: PDP 2010
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The coliseum was a decent venue for concerts, especially because it was fairly small - fitting about 6,000 people at capacity - and had no pillars to block views of the stage.
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The coliseum was a decent venue for concerts, especially because it was fairly small - fitting about 6,000 people at capacity - and had no pillars to block views of the stage.
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The prominent memories of boxing in the coliseum are the homey feel of the 5,000-seat arena and the legendary figures who competed there.
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So would less antipathy from the City Council toward the coliseum, which is an obvious key to the area's resurgence.
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The coliseum was the venue in Corpus Christi for large concerts for decades, from its opening in 1954 until it was replaced by the American Bank Center in 2004.
Related Words
synonyms (58)
Words with the same meaning
- agora
- amphitheater
- arena
- athletic field
- auditorium
- background
- bear garden
- bowl
- boxing ring
- bull ring
- campus
- canvas
- circus
- cockpit
- colosseum
- course
- field
- floor
- forum
- ground
- gym
- gymnasium
- hall
- hippodrome
- lists
- locale
- marketplace
- mat
- milieu
- open forum
- palaestra
- parade ground
- pit
- place
- platform
- precinct
- prize ring
- public square
- purlieu
- range
- ring
- scene
- scene of action
- scenery
- setting
- site
- sphere
- squared circle
- stadium
- stage
- stage set
- stage setting
- terrain
- theater
- tilting ground
- tiltyard
- walk
- wrestling ring
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