arena 
are·na (ə rē′nə)
noun
- the central part of an ancient Roman amphitheater, where gladiatorial contests and shows took place
- a central area used for entertainment or sports events and usually surrounded by seats
- a building containing such an area an arena for boxing matches
- any sphere of struggle or conflict the arena of politics
- the central stage in an arena theater
Etymology: L arena, harena, sand, sandy place, arena
arena
n.
Preposition: of
- struggle: On the other hand our various sections have not only proved their viability but have also entered the arena of mass struggles.
Converse of object
- enter: Fear has also entered the arena of caring for drug users in general practice.
- re-enter: If invoked, ministers re-enter the arena and decide a case.
- floodlight: The local authority suddenly announced its plans to install a floodlit sports arena on the adjoining site!
- dominate: The ongoing Basque question continues to dominate the political arena.
- overlook: We went out onto a platform overlooking the arena directly.
- fill: People of every nationality, age and gender filled the outdoor arena for free Salsa lessons courtesy of Club Salsa.
Adjective modifier
- indoor: In the indoor arena some of the best teams in the country will be competing for ultimate glory!
- outdoor: Lessons are given in an all weather outdoor arena.
- gladiatorial: The central bus station can feel a little bit like a gladiatorial arena if you arrive looking disorganized and vulnerable to tour operators.
- political: Distance learning takes off, hits political arena - Rob Moritz, Arkansas News Bureau.
- international: At the same time we have expanded our remit in the international arena.
- regulation-size: Event wins in Allstate Billiards & Game Room Furniture a day of showcases of his regulation-size horse arena.
Modifies a noun
- tour: Will Young See Will Young on his ' Keep On Live ' Autumn arena tour.
Noun used with modifier
- dressage: He excels in the show ring and dressage arena.
- oldskool: There was no queue outside the venue and after a brief search from security we made a b-line straight for the oldskool arena.
- sporting: And as they say in the sporting arena, " let the lawsuit games begin.
- riding: Facilities will include an indoor riding arena and stables to accommodate the 20 donkeys that will live onsite.
- basketball: It's a new basketball arena and l am told by our agent it's a terrific gig.
- Care: Care arena especially were not related lives at risk been allotted payment.
At a certain moment the canvas began to appear to one American painter after another as an arena in which to actörather than as a space in which to reproduce, re-design, analyze or 'express'an object, actual or imagined.What was to go on the canvas was not a picture but an event.
Stevenson's convictions were sometimes too complex for the binary political arena to which he devoted his life.
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