Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A roofed stand for spectators at a stadium or racetrack.
- n. The spectators or audience at an event.
- v. To perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience.
Wiktionary
- n. The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.
- n. The audience at a public event.
- v. intransitive To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the audience at a stadium or racetrack
- n. a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
- v. perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause
Examples
“The grandstand is of the same age, and material as the now departed east stands at Daylis Stadium.”
“The temptation to play confrontation politics, to play to the grandstand, is the worrying consequence.”
“At ten o'clock the games began -- and I took the Blight and the little sister down to the "grandstand" -- several tiers of backless benches with leaves for a canopy and the river singing through rhododendrons behind.”
“Although rules on the wearing of fascinators in the royal enclosure will be tightened, a hat or fascinator will be compulsory for women in the grandstand, which is open to the public and subject to less stringent rules.”
“Top speed will be 315 km/h during a 1. 1-kilometer straightway after the main grandstand.”
The Wall Street Journal: Korean Grand Prix Is Built, But Will They Come?
“His patience had already been worn away by the reluctance of the Dulwich Estate, the owner of the freehold, to grant a lease long enough to make it worthwhile to undertake the necessary refurbishment of the grandstand, which is closed for safety reasons, and the 450‑metre track itself.”
The Guardian: Herne Hill revival would be perfect legacy of the 1948 Austerity Games
“Often, the grandstand was the covered area of the ballpark.”
“Now just opposite the grandstand was a post some ten feet high, with a small beam projecting from the top toward the spectators.”
“Knights Stadium is mostly gray concrete, which doesn't-it only gets grayer-and the grandstand, which is ringed by a upper deck, also features a hugely bulging”
“STATE FAIR Seeing Garrison Keillor's "A Prairie Home Companion" at the grandstand is a special treat not only because he relishes the fair, but he invariably performs way longer than the two hours”
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