{
    "term": "stadium",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a large sports ground surrounded by rows of seats and usually other buildings",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **football/sports stadium**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "plans to **build** a new **stadium**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an all-seater stadium"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Reds are building a new stadium."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands packed into the stadium to watch the final."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the home stadium of the New York Giants"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is a domed stadium with artificial turf."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're planning to turn the football ground into an all-seater stadium."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Thousands of football fans packed into the stadium to watch the game."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings", "Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["packed", "all-seater", "indoor"],
                "verb + stadium": ["fill", "pack", "pack into"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the stadium"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪdiəm/",
                "audio": "st/stadium/stadium__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪdiə/",
                "audio": "st/stadium/stadia__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪdiəm/",
                "audio": "st/stadium/stadium__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈsteɪdiə/",
                "audio": "st/stadium/stadia__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (originally referring to an ancient Roman or Greek measure of length): via Latin from Greek stadion. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent."
}