- arena
- noun1 for sports/entertainmentADJECTIVE▪ Olympic▪ sports▪ training▪ basketball, hockey, rodeo, showjumping, etc.▪ ice▪ indoor, outdoor▪ home (esp. AmE)▪
The Hurricanes have a new home arena.
▪ 10 000-seat, etc.VERB + ARENA▪ build▪ leave▪He left the arena to loud applause.
ARENA + NOUN▪ floorPREPOSITION▪ in an/the arena, into an/the arena▪The rider has to halt the horse in the arena.
2 area of activityADJECTIVE▪ global, international, national, world▪ domestic, foreign▪the challenges faced by farmers in the international and domestic arenas
▪ wider▪Unions are also active in the wider arena of the state.
▪ public▪ academic, commercial, cultural, economic, financial, legal, legislative, political, social▪ policy▪This observation also applies in the environmental policy arena.
▪ digital, online▪the challenges of bringing a business into the online arena
▪ competitiveVERB + ARENA▪ create, provide▪The conference should provide an arena for marketing our products.
▪ emerge into, enter, move into▪Some documents have now emerged into the public arena.
▪He had no desire to enter the political arena.
▪ dominatePREPOSITION▪ in an/the arena, within an/the arena▪The company has been very successful in the commercial arena.
▪ outside an/the arena▪I want to work outside the arena of competition.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.