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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x1)
- 18,500 fans came to the stadium. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x2)
- Each row has 40 seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x3)
- How many seats were empty? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x4)
- The crowd in the stadium cheered when the team scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x5)
- We went to the stadium to watch the rugby final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x6)
- If you get lost in the stadium, go to a steward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x7)
- The new stadium has a roof that can open. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/410-strangers-who-want-to-chat-privately/33/)
- [A Roman vomitorium was a wide passage that let crowds pour out of a stadium or theatre, not a room for being sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «stadium» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stadium/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.