The meaning of Hall

noun

An open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient roman house.

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The sequence of these spaces in the palace suggests the atrium and peristyle of roman houses, basic…

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A large open central area in a public or commercial building, often with a glass roof, and sometimes containing plants and a pool

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The 130,000-square-feet of office space surrounds an atrium.

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The part of a theatre, concert hall, or other public building in which the audience sits.

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The stage was small and the auditorium had only 366 seats

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A large room with rows of seats and often a stage which is used for performances and for public events or meetings, or a building containing such a room

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A school/municipal auditorium

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The part of a theatre, or similar building, where the audience sit

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The ten-thousand seat auditorium was filled to capacity., the lecture will be held in the conferenc…

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A large room used for formal or public events.

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A council chamber

verb

Place (a bullet) into the chamber of a gun.

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He chambered a fresh cartridge

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A large open area inside or in front of a public building.

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A station concourse

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A large space or room in a public building such as an airport or train station, which people gather in or pass through

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A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

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His room lay at the very end of the corridor

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A long passage in a building, ship, or train, esp. with rooms on one or both side

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The bathroom is at the end of the corridor., the boston to washington corridor, the route 28 corridor

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An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.

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The southern entrance of the palace

verb

Fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention.

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I was entranced by the city's beauty

noun

A door, gate, etc., by which you can enter a building or place

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[ c ] there are two entrances – one at the front and one at the back of the building., [ u ] entran…

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An act of going or coming in.

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The door was locked, but he forced an entry

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A way in to somewhere or something; an entrance.

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For these reasons, split ductless systems are frequently found in educational and healthcare facili…

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An entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public, especially a hotel or theatre.

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The foyer of the concert hall

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A large, open area just inside the entrance of a public building such as a theater or hotel; lobby

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A building used as the meeting place of a guild or corporation.

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Ghent is much more of a living city, bustling and noisy, its waterways lined with fine merchants' h…

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(in the uk) a building in the centre of a town in which members of a guild met in the past, now often used as a place for meetings or performances or as local government offices

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Another term for hall (sense 1 of the noun).

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A hall

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A room providing a space out of which one or more other rooms or corridors lead, typically one near the entrance of a public building.

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They went into the hotel lobby

verb

Seek to influence (a legislator) on an issue.

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They insist on their right to lobby congress

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A large, open space just inside the main entrance of a public building such as a hotel, office building, or theater

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As you enter the lobby, you’ll see the elevators on your right., the environmental lobby, [ t ] cou…

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The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

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There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

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Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

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A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

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A long, narrow way, typically having walls either side, that allows access between buildings or to different rooms within a building.

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Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway off the main street

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→  passage

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

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

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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

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

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An antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.

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The trio rounded the end of the shelves and saw a crouched form behind the stone archway that made …

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A room just inside a house or building, through which you enter the building

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In the school’s vestibule is a sign reading, "enter here and find a friend.", you can hang your coa…