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amphitheatre

/ ˈæmfɪˌθɪətə; ˌæmfɪθɪˈætrɪk /

noun

a building, usually circular or oval, in which tiers of seats rise from a central open arena, as in those of ancient Rome
a place where contests are held; arena
any level circular area of ground surrounded by higher ground
1. the first tier of seats in the gallery of a theatre
2. any similarly designated seating area in a theatre
a lecture room in which seats are tiered away from a central area

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The Gorge Amphitheatre plays host to the 3-day festival Sasquatch on the west coast in Washington.

The Nevilles have come to town to play the Universal Amphitheatre as Linda Ronstadt's opening act.

Not long after he took the stage Friday at the Gorge Amphitheatre's Sasquatch!

Who has copied the Flavian amphitheatre except as a convenient form for exhibitors on the stage, or for the rostrum of an orator?

Probably, since the world began, no other fire lighted by man had struggled against the gloom of this tremendous amphitheatre.

The bowlders were on all sides, there being a natural amphitheatre several rods in extent.

All over the great amphitheatre the words ran, “The fool Diogenes!”

The clinical lectures are delivered in the Hospital of San Andres, to which an anatomical amphitheatre was attached in 1792.

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