stadium
A venue where sporting events are heldA venue where sporting events are held.
» Tom is somewhere in the stadium.
Том десь на стадіоні.
Meaning
6 sensesA venue where sporting events are held.
He is going for a cricket match at the stadium.
Stadion
стадио́нstadión, риста́лищеristálišče
стадіо́нstadión
An Ancient Greek racecourse, especially, the Olympic course for foot races.
(historical)Synonym of stadion, a Greek unit of length equivalent to about 185 m.
A kind of telemeter for measuring the distance of an object of known dimensions, by observing the angle it subtends.
A graduated rod used to measure the distance of the place where it stands from an instrument having a telescope, by observing the number of the graduations of the rod that are seen between certain parallel wires (stadia wires) in the field of view of the telescope.
A life stage of an organism.
- a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
Examples
145 sentencesTom is somewhere in the stadium.
Том десь на стадіоні.
Tom has gone to the stadium.
How did you get to the stadium?
ruКак ты добрался до стадиона?
How can I get to the stadium?
deWie komme ich zum Stadion?
There were lots of people in the stadium.
ruНа стадионе было полно народа.
deIm Stadion waren jede Menge Leute.
Translations
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Origin
From Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a RomanFrom Latin stadium (“a measure of length, a race course”) (commonly one-eighth of a Roman mile; translated in early English Bibles by furlong), from Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion, “a measure of length, a running track”), especially the track at Olympia, which was one stadium in length. The Greek word may literally mean "fixed standard of length" (from στάδιος (stádios, “firm, fixed”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-, whence also stand and Latin stare). Doublet of stade, stadion, and estadio. Displaced native Old English spyrd.
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Forms
plural: stadiums / stadiaSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
3 patterns- in the stadium
- to the stadium
- the stadium is