Battleground - English meaning

noun

The piece of ground on which a battle is or was fought.

Usage examples:

The battlefields of the great war

noun

A place where an argument or competition is happening

Usage examples:

Pennsylvania and ohio are key battlegrounds in this year’s election.

noun

A product or place that companies compete with each other to develop, sell, or control because they consider it to be very important

Usage examples:

China is a key battleground for the big mobile phone companies.

noun

The side or part of an object that presents itself to view or that is normally seen or used first; the most forward part of something.

Usage examples:

A page at the front of the book had been torn out

adjective

Of or at the front.

Usage examples:

The front cover of the magazine

verb

(of a building or piece of land) have the front facing or directed towards.

Usage examples:

The flats which fronted crow road

noun

A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.

Usage examples:

Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb

Make a list of.

Usage examples:

I have listed four reasons below

noun

An instance of a ship listing to one side.

Usage examples:

The gallery walls are lined with marine ply, angled to give an echo of the list of a ship under sail.

noun

A building or outdoor area in which plays and other dramatic performances are given.

Usage examples:

Performances increasingly moved to theatres with proscenium arches, so the audience now viewed the …

noun

A building, room, or outside structure with rows of seats, each row usually higher than the one in front, from which people can watch a performance or other activity

Usage examples:

The lyceum theatre, a lecture theatre, his latest play has delighted theatre audiences and theatre …