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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
stadium
/ˈsteɪ.di.əm/
noun
very large building with a sports field and rows of seats all around that is used for various events
- “There were a lot of excited fans in the stadium.”Tatoeba
- “There were a lot of excited people in the stadium.”Tatoeba
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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)