arena

noun

ə-ˈrē-nə How to pronounce arena (audio)
Definition of arenanext
1
as in auditorium
a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings watched the hockey game in the new sports arena

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2
as in area
a region of activity, knowledge, or influence has a lot of influence in the local business arena

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Recent Examples of arena The arena crew has been busy, changing the court after the Warriors played Friday night and again after Saturday’s WNBA finale. — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026 Trump held a similar rally less than two weeks ago at an arena in Wichita. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026 In August, the former Disney star successfully launched her Daisy Chain Fields festival, raising $20 million for women’s charities before embarking on her Unraveled arena tour the following month. — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026 Following their Coachella debut, KATSEYE launched their first global arena tour, which sold out within 48 hours. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arena
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arena
  1. auditorium
  2. area
  3. amphitheater
  4. realm
  5. field
  6. element
  7. domain
  8. department
Noun
  • Pinault also owns Venice’s Teatrino, a 225-seat auditorium that reopened in 2013 after a renovation by Tadao Ando, who also worked on the other two spaces in the city.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Who hasn’t airballed a foul shot in front of a Catholic school auditorium filled with 50 people on a Saturday morning?
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of auditorium
Noun
  • Houthis strike Aramco tower in Riyadh Houthi fighters took aim at the financial district of Saudi Arabia’s capital on Sunday — one of the highest-profile areas to be targeted in the war.
    — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • An Israeli strike on Sunday killed two Palestinians, a man and woman, in Muwasi, a tent camp area on Gaza's coast, said health officials at Nasser hospital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of area
Noun
  • The study was prompted by concerns raised by people like Heather Chase, who lives miles away from the amphitheater in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Inland, Sidi Bouzid offers about 5 minutes, 33 seconds beneath typically dry skies, while the spectacular Roman amphitheater at El Jem gets 4 minutes, 23 seconds.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of amphitheater
Noun
  • Its epic-length bookends transposed the funereal aims of Bell Witch’s modern doom masterpiece Mirror Reaper to Floydian realms, while its gentler, more meditative midsection never completely renounced the artists’ metal roots.
    — Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 9 Nov. 2026
  • The realm of authorship in the opinion section has also always been a bit dubious.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of realm
Noun
  • The collaboration will see Thea Energy and MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) test a full-field, full-force planar encircling coil for the company’s Eos stellarator.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Despite a tough primary, Ford pulled out the win in the crowded field.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of field
Noun
  • One of the strongest tests comes from Big Bang nucleosynthesis (BBN), the process through which the first light elements formed during the universe’s first few minutes.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Stew and Rodewald are as eager as anyone to see what Levingston has done with a project that takes elements of Stew’s real coming-of-age and sets them to rock ‘n’ roll.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of element
Noun
  • Which public-domain classics are next on the slate, and is there a European-language classic that could lead in its own language instead of English?
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Enterprise environments span multiple technology domains and providers.
    — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of domain
Noun
  • The department also filed a motion in support of a separate lawsuit filed in May that argues California violates national voting laws by failing to sufficiently remove ineligible voters from its rolls.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Gaines said patrol officers and the department’s SWAT vehicle were used to serve the warrant.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of department

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