| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or enclosure for entertainment or sports |
| Synonyms: | amphitheatre, boards, bowl, circus, coliseum, course, diamond, field, gridiron, ground, gym, gymnasium, hippodrome, ice, park, pit, platform, ring, rink, square, stadium, stage |
| Concept: | Arena. |
| Category: | 1. Conditional antagonism |
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arena, field, platform; scene of action, theater; walk, course; hustings; stare, boards (playhouse); amphitheater; Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso, turf, cockpit, bear garden, playground, gymnasium, palestra, ring, lists; tiltyard, tilting ground; Campus Martins, Champ de Allars; campus [U.S.]., theater of war, seat of war; battlefield, battleground; field of battle, field of slaughter; Aceldama, camp; the enemy's camp; trusting place (place of meeting).
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| Main Entry: | battlefield |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | location of military fights |
| Synonyms: | Armageddon, arena, battleground, combat zone, field, front, front line, salient, theater of operations, theater of war |
| Main Entry: | department |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | section of organization, area |
| Synonyms: | administration, agency, area, arena, beat, board, branch, bureau, canton, circuit, commission, commune, constituency, division, force, office, parish, precinct, quarter, range, staff, station, subdivision, territory, tract, unit, ward |
| Main Entry: | ground |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | earth, land |
| Synonyms: | arena, dirt, dust, field, landscape, loam, old sod, park, real estate, sand, sod, soil, terra firma, terrain, turf |
| Antonyms: | heavens, sky |
| Main Entry: | hall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | room for large affairs |
| Synonyms: | amphitheater, arena, armory, assembly room, auditorium, ballroom, casino, chamber, church, dining hall, gallery, gym, gymnasium, lounge, lyceum, mart, meeting place, refectory, salon, stateroom, theater |
| Notes: | a hall is a corridor or passageway in a building; haul (noun) is something that is pulled or transported, and haul (verb) carry or drag slowly or heavily |
| Main Entry: | orbit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | influence, domain |
| Synonyms: | ambit, area, arena, boundary, bounds, career, circle, circumference, compass, course, department, dominion, extension, extent, field, jurisdiction, limit, pilgrimage, precinct, province, purview, radius, range, reach, realm, scope, sphere, sweep |
| Main Entry: | province |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of rule, responsibility |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, champaign, charge, colony, concern, county, demesne, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, shire, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone |
| Main Entry: | region |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area, domain; scope |
| Synonyms: | arena, bailiwick, belt, block, clearing, country, demesne, district, division, domain, dominion, environs, expanse, field, ghetto, ground, inner city, jungle, land, locale, locality, neck of woods, neighborhood, part, place, precinct, province, quarter, range, realm, scene, section, sector, shire, sphere, stomping ground, suburb, terrain, territory, tract, turf*, vicinity, walk, ward, world, zone |