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noun for sports/entertainment ADJ. Olympic | showjumping, sports | indoor VERB + ARENA enter | leave He left the arena to loud applause. PREP. in/into an/the ~ The rider has to halt the horse in the arena. area of activity ADJ. international, world | wider Trades unions are active both in individual workplaces and in the wider arena of the state. | public | commercial, political | competitive VERB + ARENA provide The conference should provide an arena for marketing our new products. | emerge into, enter, move into Some documents have now emerged into the public arena. He had no desire to enter the political arena. PREP. in/within an/the ~ The company has been very successful in the commercial arena. | outside an/the ~ I want to work outside the arena of competition.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary