arena has definitions from the fields of sport,geography,Roman antiquity
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[ noun ] a particular environment or walk of life

Examples

"his social sphere is limited" "it was a closed area of employment" "he's out of my orbit"

Used in print

(John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)

Our most elemental and unavoidable impressions , he says , are those of being involved in a large arena of powers which have a longer past than our own , which are interrelated in a vast movement through the present toward the future .

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[ noun ] (sport) a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
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[ noun ] (Roman antiquity) the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially a sand-strewn area

Related terms

area

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6666
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[ noun ] (sport,geography) a playing field where sports events take place

Synonyms

scene_of_action

Related terms

playing_field circus

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