Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large amphitheater for public sports events, entertainment, or assemblies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Colosseum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world.
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- noun A large theatre, cinema, or stadium: the London Coliseum.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an oval large stadium with tiers of seats; an arena in which contests and spectacles are held
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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When the tickets arrived, we called the coliseum to see which group of tickets were the best seats.
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The coliseum was a decent venue for concerts, especially because it was fairly small - fitting about 6,000 people at capacity - and had no pillars to block views of the stage.
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The coliseum was a decent venue for concerts, especially because it was fairly small - fitting about 6,000 people at capacity - and had no pillars to block views of the stage.
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The prominent memories of boxing in the coliseum are the homey feel of the 5,000-seat arena and the legendary figures who competed there.
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So would less antipathy from the City Council toward the coliseum, which is an obvious key to the area's resurgence.
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The coliseum was the venue in Corpus Christi for large concerts for decades, from its opening in 1954 until it was replaced by the American Bank Center in 2004.
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