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grandstand
[gran-stand, grand-]
noun
the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
the people sitting in these seats.
verb (used without object)
to conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers.
The senator doesn't hesitate to grandstand if it makes her point.
adjective
situated in a grandstand.
grandstand seats.
having a vantage point resembling that of a grandstand.
From our office windows on the third floor, we had a grandstand view of the parade.
intended to impress an onlooker or onlookers.
a grandstand catch.
grandstand
/ ˈɡrænˌstænd, ˈɡrænd- /
noun
a terraced block of seats, usually under a roof, commanding the best view at racecourses, football pitches, etc
( as modifier )
grandstand tickets
the spectators in a grandstand
(modifier) as if from a grandstand; unimpeded (esp in the phrase grandstand view )
verb
informal(intr) to behave ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers
Other Word Forms
- grandstander noun
- ˈԻˌٲԻ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of grandstand1
Example Sentences
Tigers still had something in the tank and Emeka Ilione's score five minutes from time set up a grandstand finish but Bath held on.
At last year's Solheim Cup, the park-and-ride system was botched, leaving empty seats in first tee grandstands for the start of the most important event in women's golf.
The water sometimes doesn’t work, some of the grandstand has been condemned and uninhabitable, and the barns, well, almost all but the stakes horses ship in from training tracks or Laurel.
"That got me back into the top 10 going into final day. It was a really cool moment with the grandstand full of cheering people," she says.
A late effort from Gwenllian Pyrs set up a grandstand finish, but the Scots held on for a third successive win over their fierce Celtic rivals.
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