GRANDSTAND | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of grandstand in English

(Definition of grandstand from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of grandstand from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of grandstand

grandstand
Then the two of them could grandstand together.
We had gathered near the site where the old grandstand stood a century and a half ago.
But the grandstands still exist at what's now a private cattle ranch.
Many find places to live where they can -- in half-finished shopping malls or under the grandstand at a race track.
From NPR
He and his girlfriend were behind the grandstand when the heard a noise - the stage collapse.
A collapse like that, directly in front of the main grandstand, prompts many to swear off ever returning.
Owners purposely decided not to sandblast the layers of paint, but rather to let these right field grandstand seats show their history and their age.
From NPR
Historically, the occasional need for the executive branch to request congressional permission to borrow money had been an opportunity for grandstanding.
And it may just be that they're grandstanding.
From NPR
His plan involves building a new, smaller grandstand at the site.
From NJ.com
The purpose of legislating isn't to grandstand -- it is to work out differences and find commonality that is in the best interest of our country.
From The Hill
More than 100,000 people can watch the race from its massive grandstand.
From NPR
Nearly 260 of them died of disease, and their bodies were dumped into a mass grave behind a grandstand.
From NPR
Surviving soldiers doffed their caps and waived to the grandstands, then marched back to their campsites to prepare to do it again the next day.
From TIME
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Translations of grandstand

in Chinese (Traditional)
大看臺…
in Chinese (Simplified)
大看台…
in Spanish
tribuna [feminine], grada [feminine]…
in Portuguese
arquibancada [feminine]…
in more languages
in Turkish
in French
in Japanese
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Malay
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in Russian
tribün, kapalı tribün…
tribune [feminine], tribunes…
特別観覧席(とくべつ かんらんせき)…
tribune…
hlavní tribuna, na hlavní tribuně, z hlavní tribuny…
overdækket tribune…
tribun…
อัฒจันทร์…
khán đài…
trybuna (główna ), trybuna…
astaka besar…
die Haupttribüne…
tribune [masculine], store stå [masculine], tribune…
трибуна…
трибуна (на стадионе)…
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