coliseum

noun

col·​i·​se·​um ˌkä-lə-ˈsē-əm How to pronounce coliseum (audio)
1
capitalized : colosseum sense 1
2
: a large sports stadium or building designed like the Colosseum for public entertainments

Examples of coliseum in a Sentence

the local coliseum is a standard stop for rock bands on tour
Recent Examples on the Web In the medical tent next to the coliseum, the doctors and nurses hear the screams as the young man is flipped by the bull. Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024 Lately, the beach town has become a battleground, its council chambers a coliseum for culture warriors. Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024 Bull rider Josh Frost, of Randlett, Utah, is announced to the crowd at the start of the PBR Bull Riding Finals in the coliseum at the National Western Stock Show in Denver on Jan. 10, 2024. Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2024 Reporting by The Republic showed overflowing crowds outside the coliseum eager to hear the president's speech that boasted the status of the economy at the time. The Arizona Republic, 12 Feb. 2024 His power numbers dropped off after the Mets made the move to Citi Field, which originally featured some of the most inexplicable dimensions and obstacles in the ancient history of sporting coliseum architecture. Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024 The ticketed coliseum show features charros, dancing horses, escaramuza, folklorico dancers and mariachis. Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2022 As the clock ticked closer to midnight, the time the show was set to start, the coliseum filled with the sounds of jazz from Bill Evans and Wes Montgomery, bossa nova from João Gilberto, and boleros from La Lupe. Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023 Still, even a fading Sabbath, with the powerhouse rhythm section of bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward, could rattle a coliseum, as footage from London’s Hammersmith Odeon, from a European leg of the Sabs/VH tour and later released on home video, attests. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 27 Feb. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin Colosseum, Colisseum

First Known Use

1660, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of coliseum was in 1660

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“Coliseum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coliseum. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

coliseum

noun
col·​i·​se·​um ˌkäl-ə-ˈsē-əm How to pronounce coliseum (audio)
: a large structure (as a stadium) for athletic contests or public entertainment
Etymology

from the Latin spelling used in the Middle Ages for the Colosseum, a great outdoor arena in ancient Rome

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