Stadium

Definition: Stadium

Stadium

Noun

1. A large structure for open-air sports or entertainments.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "stadium" was first used: sometime around 1380. (references)

Etymology: Stadium \Sta"di*um\, noun; plural Stadia. [Latin, a stadium (in sense 1), from Greek.]. (references)

STADIUM

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Stadium

Crosswords: Stadium

Albanian (stadia, stadium), Czech (stage), Dutch (stadium, stage), German (phase, stadium, stage), Latin (a measure of length, a race course, stadium), Pidgin English (Stadium), Serbo-Croatian (stadium), Swedish (phase).

The other day I was so desperate for a beer that I snuck in the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Could we turn all of these off, it looks like a night game at Shea Stadium! (The Prisoner of Second Avenue; writing credit: Neil Simon)

It's Shea Stadium when the Beatles played (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Still, you gotta be psyched about playing at the stadium, right (Sports Night; writing credit: Tom Brady; Kevin Falls)

I was at the stadium (Gloria; performing artist: Patti Smith)

Behind the stadium (Brown Eyed Girl; performing artist: VAN MORRISON)

The Beatles at Shea Stadium (1965)

Hollywood Stadium Mystery (1938)

The Who Live at Giants Stadium (1989)

Family Fun Fitness: Stadium Events (1987)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Koma Stadium Co., Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Stadium Group Plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The Stadium Australia Group: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Tales from Michigan Stadium (reference)

• Terror in the Stadium (Left Behind. the Kids, 17) (reference)

• The Baseball Stadium Postcard Album: 31 Postcards of American League Ballparks (reference)

• The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York (reference)

• Thundershock in Pummelo Stadium (Pokemon Chapter Book, 16) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Stadium & Arena Management (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Billy Joel - Live at Yankee Stadium (reference)

• KLF: Stadium House Trilogy (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Renata Tebaldi: The Concert at Lewisohn Stadium 1966 (reference)

• Live at Yankee Stadium V.2 [LIVE] (reference)

• NRBQ at Yankee Stadium (reference)

• Stadium Jam (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Pokemon - Stadium (reference)

• Pokemon Stadium 2 (reference)

• Pokemon Stadium Bundle (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Eddie Bauer Stadium All-Terrain Tandem Stroller (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Olympic Stadium. Crowd scene. Credit: CDC.

A view at Marine Stadium Marina. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Caption: Yankee Stadium, New York, Built with Edison Portland Cement, Main Entrance; New York, NY; Unknown Date; {08.110/2} (jpg).

Fitting out at the Stadium Yacht Basin, Cleveland, Ohio, 10 July 1944. Structure in the left background appears to be a sports stadium. This ship later became USS Chatterer (AMS-40). Credit: NAVY.

Adolf Hitler, standing in a Mercedes, waving to crowd as he leaves the ice stadium following the Olympic pair skating contest, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Credit: Library of Congress.

Korakuen Baseball Stadium, Tokyo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alumni entering stadium, Harvard University class day exercises. Credit: Library of Congress.

Alumni and band entering stadium, Harvard University class day exercises. Credit: Library of Congress.

3650 graduates received their degrees at University of California in May 1938. Stadium, University of Califorinia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Some of the townspeople on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina at a pep rally the night before the Duke-North Carolina game which was played in the Duke Stadium in Durham, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Business

Due to stadium brawls, soccer clubs are installing hi-tech security systems in their stadiums. (references)

Another highlight of the government's infrastructure developments for 2000 was the construction of the S$1.0 billion 5-km, underground, Marina MRT Line with six stations linking Dhoby Ghaut to Stadium Boulevard. (references)

In front of the Namba Station (Nankai Line); an approximate 10 hectare contains developments of five landowners, Osaka Stadium (a subsidiary of Nankai Electric Railway), Nankai Electric Railway, Kubota, Takashimaya and Nippi. (references)

Civil Liberties

Chad

The candidates refused, but agreed some weeks later to a rally in the somewhat larger National Stadium. (references)

South Africa

On March 21, approximately 500,000 persons attended a gathering at Newlands Rugby Stadium in Cape Town that was organized by Christian groups and endorsed by 600 Christian leaders. (references)

Singapore

In August police informed the opposition Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) that it would have to meet similar requirements for crowd control before authorities would approve a rally to be held at an outdoor stadium. (references)

Economic History

Mali

The Chinese are major participants in the textile industry and in largescale construction projects, including a bridge across the Niger, a conference center, an expressway in Bamako, and a new national stadium scheduled to be completed for the Africa Cup competition in 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Ghana

Some police officers gave contradictory testimony regarding the use of tear gas at the stadium. (references)

Ghana

The youths reportedly were attending a funeral for a victim of the May 9 Accra stadium incident. (references)

Minorities

Central African Republic

On February 24, thousands of worshipers of different religious faiths took part in a Mass at the national stadium that was dedicated to peace in the country. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "stadium": covered stadium ♦ domed stadium ♦ football stadium ♦ football stadium in paris ♦ olympic stadium ♦ stadium jumping. Additional references.

Beginning with "stadium": stadium-based, stadium-building, stadium-fillers, stadium-sized, stadium-style.

Ending with "stadium": in-stadium, super-stadium.

Albanian

stadium (stadia), stad (period), shkallë (accommodation ladder, caliber, calibre, degree, flight, gauge, gradations, grade, ladder, level, measure, notch, peg, phase, pitch, point, rate, rating, remove, scale, stair, staircase, stairway). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مدرج للألعاب الرياضية, ‏مدرج (amphitheatre, scalar, theater, theatre), ‏طور أو مرحلة, ‏الأستديوم وحدة طول إغريقية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

стадия, стадий (gradations, phase, plane, point, stage, state), стадион (ball park), етап (lap, leg, point, round, stage). (various references)

Chinese 

體育館 (gym, gymnasium), 體育場 , 体育场. (various references)

Czech

stadión, závodištì. (various references)

Danish

stadion. (various references)

Dutch

stadie (stage), overnachtingsplaats (stage), etappe (stage). (various references)

Esperanto

stadiono, stadio (stage). (various references)

Faeroese

tíðarbil (era, stage), menningsgarstig (stage). (various references)

Farsi 

میدان ورزش , مرحله (Grade, Order, Phase, Point, Process, Rung, Scene, Stage), ورزشگاه (Gymnasium), دوره (Age, Career, Circuit, Epoch, Era, Periphery, Set, Space, Stretch, Term). (various references)

Finnish

stadion. (various references)

French

stade (stage). (various references)

German

Stadion (bowl). (various references)

Greek 

στάδιο (career, leg, scope, stage). (various references)

Hebrew 

אצטדיון. (various references)

Hungarian

stadion (ballpark, bowl, coliseum). (various references)

Indonesian

stadion, taraf (degree, level, standard). (various references)

Italian

stadio (stage). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

競技場 (field, grounds), スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scoop, scope, scoping, scopophilia, score, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stability, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きょうぎじょう (field, grounds), スタジアム . (various references)

Korean 

경기장 (arena, Arenas). (various references)

Manx

staid (furlong). (various references)

Pidgin English

stadium. (various references)

Pig Latin

adiumstay.(various references)

Portuguese

fase (angle, period, phase, step), estádio (estate, stadia). (various references)

Romanian

stadiu (investigation, stage), stadion, stadie (stadia), perioadã (age, cycle, date, day, distance, epoch, era, lapse, period, repetend, season, stage, streak, term, tide, time). (various references)

Russian 

стадион (athletic field, ball park). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stadium, stadion (bowl, park). (various references)

Spanish

estadio (fur). (various references)

Swedish

stadion, sjukdomsstadium, idrottsanläggning. (various references)

Turkish

stadyum (bowl, coliseum), eski romada bir ölçü birimi. (various references)

Turkmen 

stadion (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

стадій, стадіон. (various references)

stadion. (various references)

stadium. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "stadium": stadiums. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Stadium" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: astrarium, Estadio, estradiol, Saadoum, Saadoun, Sadamu, Saddiqui, scholium, stadion, Stasiak, statim, statium, studium. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: admits, amidst, audits, autism, datums.

-2 letters: adits, admit, adust, amids, audit, datum, dauts, ditas, duits, dumas, maids, maist, mauds, mauts, midst, staid, tamis, tsadi, tumid.

-3 letters: adit, aids, aims, aits, amid, amis, amus, dais, dams, daut, dims, dita, dits, duit, duma, dust, mads, maid, mast, mats, maud, maut, mids, mist, muds, must, muts.

+1 letter: stadiums.

+2 letters: misadjust, simulated, talmudism.

+3 letters: admixtures, amplitudes, dentaliums, humidistat, magnitudes, misadjusts, miseducate, stimulated, sublimated, submediant, sudatorium, talmudisms.

+4 letters: adventurism, audiometers, auditoriums, coatimundis, desideratum, disaccustom, dissimulate, dumbwaiters, duumvirates, eudaemonist, humidistats, mediastinum, misadjusted, miseducated, miseducates, modulations, multimedias, multitasked, mundanities, mustachioed, simulcasted, staminodium, subdominant, submediants, sudatoriums, traumatised.

+5 letters: adumbrations, adventurisms, ambidextrous, antependiums, audiometries, desquamating, desquamation, diatomaceous, disaccustoms, disambiguate, dissimulated, dissimulates, dissimulator, dramaturgies, drumbeatings, edutainments, eudaemonists, guesstimated, maladjustive, midlatitudes, misadjusting, misadventure, miseducating, miseducation, misevaluated, modularities, mountainside, restimulated, subdominants, tolbutamides.