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I raise quarter horses. Mine are mostly thoroughbred cross horses, a little bigger horses than some people like. I sell them or use them on the ranch. A lot of them go to the rodeo arena and some of them go to racetracks.
Wilford Brimley

Meaning of "arena" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ARENA

From Latin harēna sand, place where sand was strewn for the combats.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ARENA

arena  [əˈriːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARENA

noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Arena is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ARENA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

arena

Arena

An arena is an enclosed area, often circular or oval-shaped, designed to showcase theater, musical performances, or sporting events. The word derives from Latin harena, a particularly fine/smooth sand used to absorb blood in ancient arenas like the Colosseum in Rome. It is composed of a large open space surrounded on most or all sides by tiered seating for spectators. The key feature of an arena is that the event space is the lowest point, allowing for maximum visibility. Arenas are usually designed to accommodate a large number of spectators. The term arena is sometimes used as a synonym for a very large venue such as Pasadena's Rose Bowl, but such a facility is typically called a stadium, especially if it does not have a roof. The use of one term over the other has mostly to do with the type of event. Football is typically played in a stadium while basketball and ice hockey are typically played in an arena, although many of the larger arenas hold more spectators than do the stadiums of smaller colleges or high schools. There are exceptions.

Definition of arena in the English dictionary

The first definition of arena in the dictionary is an enclosure or platform, usually surrounded by seats on all sides, in which sports events, contests, entertainments, etc, take place. Other definition of arena is the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheatre, in which gladiatorial contests and other spectacles were held. Arena is also a sphere or scene of conflict or intense activity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARENA


amberina
ˌæmbəˈriːnə
ballerina
ˌbæləˈriːnə
careener
kəˈriːnə
carina
kəˈriːnə
casuarina
ˌkæsjʊəˈriːnə
czarina
zɑːˈriːnə
farina
fəˈriːnə
frena
ˈfriːnə
greener
ˈɡriːnə
Incaparina
ɪnˌkæpəˈriːnə
jarina
dʒɑːˈriːnə
marina
məˈriːnə
Mirena
maɪˈriːnə
muraena
mjuːˈriːnə
ocarina
ˌɒkəˈriːnə
screener
ˈskriːnə
signorina
ˌsiːnjɔːˈriːnə
tsarina
zɑːˈriːnə
tzarina
zɑːˈriːnə
urena
juːˈriːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARENA

areca
Arecibo Observatory
arecoline
arede
arefaction
arefy
areg
areic
aren´t
arena stage
arena theatre
arenaceous
arenation
Arendt
arene
arenicolous
arenite
arenitic
arenose
arenous

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARENA

Athena
Cartagena
catena
Cesena
crena
Helena
hyena
Jena
Juantorena
Lena
Magdalena
Modena
Pasadena
phenomena
plena
Saint Helena
scena
sena
Siena
Sierra Morena

Synonyms and antonyms of arena in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARENA»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «arena» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of arena

Translation of «arena» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARENA

Find out the translation of arena to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of arena from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «arena» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

竞技场
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

arena
570 millions of speakers

English

arena
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अखाड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الساحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

арена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arena
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রঙ্গভূমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arène
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Arena
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Arena
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

競技場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경기장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arena
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரங்கில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रिंगण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arena
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

arena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

areny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

арена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Arena
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

arena
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

arena
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

arena
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arena
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arena

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARENA»

The term «arena» is very widely used and occupies the 3.698 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARENA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about arena

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10 QUOTES WITH «ARENA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arena.
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Khandi Alexander
I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.
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Tom Araya
When you're in a club or a theater or even an arena, yeah, you want visuals, you want a good light show. But Slayer has always been about the sound. We have to sound good. It has to be tight.
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Dan Auerbach
You get to bring your own sound system when you play an arena, all the lights and visual stuff, which I think is really cool. There's something about those old arenas, where it feels larger than life.
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Ami Ayalon
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.
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Kevin Bleyer
Sports exact too harsh a toll on our beautiful women. Like engendered species, they should be protected, and instead, we exploit them and demand they fly too close to the sun for our amusement. We send them into the arena for an exhausting three-setter, an 18-hole playoff, a 200th lap. The burnout factor is insurmountable.
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Wilford Brimley
I raise quarter horses. Mine are mostly thoroughbred cross horses, a little bigger horses than some people like. I sell them or use them on the ranch. A lot of them go to the rodeo arena and some of them go to racetracks.
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William Sloane Coffin
It's too bad that one has to conceive of sports as being the only arena where risks are, for all of life is risk exercise. That's the only way to live more freely, and more interestingly.
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Bram Cohen
Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail.
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Scott Cook
QuickBooks - the very fact that we could even dream to make something in the business arena, and that it would then succeed - was a total revolution to me.
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John Davidson
Physical activity can get you going when you are immobilized. Get action in your life, and don't just talk about it. Get into the arena!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARENA»

Discover the use of arena in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arena and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Arena
" --Judith Pella, author of Written on the Wind "Clever, creative and full of non-stop action, Arena is a wonderful introduction to new writer Karen Hancock. Don't miss the opportunity to wrap your mind around this fascinating book.
Karen Hancock, 2012
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Arena One: Slaverunners (Book #1 of the Survival Trilogy):
From Morgan Rice, #1 Bestselling author of THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS, comes the first book in a new trilogy of dystopian fiction.
Morgan Rice, 2012
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Arena Two: Book #2 of the Survival Trilogy:
Having just escaped from the treacherous island that was once Manhattan, Brooke, Ben, Logan, Bree, and Rose make their way up the Hudson River in their stolen boat, low on fuel, low on food, and desperately needing shelter from the cold.
Morgan Rice, 2012
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Arena
In the 1960s John Jakes, the best-selling author of The Kent Family Chronicles and The North and South Trilogy and who has been bestowed the title the godfather of the historical novel, wrote "Arena" under the penname Jay Scotland.
John Jakes, 2001
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The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at ...
Were the Romans who watched brutal gladiatorial games all that different from us? This book argues they were not.
Garrett G. Fagan, 2011
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Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power
In this book, Alison Futrell explores the arena as a key social and political institution for binding Rome and its provinces.
Alison Futrell, 2010
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Simulation with Arena
Simulation with Arena provides a comprehensive treatment of simulation using industry-standard Arena software. The text starts by having the reader develop simple high-level models, and then progresses to advanced modeling and analysis.
W. Kelton, Randall Sadowski, Nancy Swets, 2009
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Simulation Modeling and Analysis with ARENA
The book contains chapters on the simulation modeling methodology and the underpinnings of discrete-event systems, as well as the relevant underlying probability, statistics, stochastic processes, input analysis, model validation and output ...
Tayfur Altiok, Benjamin Melamed, 2010
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Sand of the Arena: A Gladiators of the Empire Novel
His family, wealth, and social status usurped by an imposter, Quintus Honorius Romanus of 63 AD Rome escapes slavery by joining a gladiator school, where he struggles to survive and plots against his enemy. Reprint.
James Duffy, 2006
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Into The Arena: The World of the Spanish Bullfight
A portrait of bullfighting in Spain, formed out of a journey beginning in Olivenza and ending in Zaragoza which covers the entire 2009 bullfighting season and also some training in the ring.
Alexander Fiske-Harrison, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARENA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arena is used in the context of the following news items.
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Proposed $500 million Bucks arena up before Legislature's budget …
Though the GOP controls both chambers and legislative leaders favor the deal, enough rank-and-file lawmakers have resisted the arena that ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Boxing offers opportunity to pay respects to the fading Sports Arena
The fate of the 56-year-old Los Angeles Sports Arena has been sealed, but there remains time for a curtain call or two before the wrecking balls ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
3
Twin Cities stadium sets a development precedent for Bucks arena
That sounds like much of the rhetoric surrounding the debate over building a $500 million Milwaukee Bucks arena, with $250 million in ... «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
4
Comedian Mike Epps to play Van Andel Arena
Tickets, $45 and $52, go on sale at 10 a.m. July 13 via Ticketmaster, or at the DeVos Place and Van Andel Arena box offices. Presales will ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
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New football team coming to SC
"I think this is the perfect place for arena football," said team owner Ronnie McCuin. "The town, it's the beach. It's just been a vision for years and ... «WYFF Greenville, Jul 15»
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ARENA plans new large-scale solar funding to narrow huge cost …
ARENA chairman Greg Bourne flagged the new round at the NSW Solar ... Two other ARENA funded projects, Broken Hill (53MW) and Moree ... «RenewEconomy, Jul 15»
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Indy Fuel affiliate acquires Fishers ice arena
An affiliate company of the Indiana Fuel has acquired the former Forum at Fishers Ice Arena and announced plans to renovate it, the ECHL ... «Indianapolis Star, Jul 15»
8
Coventry City FC owners back in court over Ricoh Arena this week
The long-running Ricoh Arena row is set to be revived this week as Coventry City FC owners Sisu head to the Court of Appeal. It will be the ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
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'Marvel Universe Live' coming to Intrust Bank Arena next year
“Marvel Universe Live” will use the entire arena floor and include movie-style effects, pyrotechnics, 3-D projections and aerial stunts in telling a ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
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Arena hosts annual dog show
Her German shepherd, who goes by the call-name Bliss, took first place in the herding group at the 98th American Kennel Club dog show at the ... «Huntington Herald Dispatch, Jul 15»

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