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say it: ur-EE-nuh
arena is a noun meaning "a particular environment or walk of life". It carries 4 recorded senses.
the central area of an ancient Roman amphitheater where contests and spectacles were held; especially an area that was strewn with sand
a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments
a playing field where sports events take place
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for arena come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.