Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers
Division (I) Individual Volition
Section IV. Antagonism
2. Active Antagonism

728. Arena.

   NOUN:ARENA, field, platform; scene of action, theater or theatre, walk, course; hustings; stage, boards (playhouse) [See The Drama]; amphitheater or amphitheatre, Coliseum, Colosseum; Flavian amphitheater, hippodrome, circus, race course, corso [It.], turf, cockpit, bear garden, gymnasium, palæstra or palestra, ring, lists; tilt-yard, tilting ground; Campus Martius [L.], Champ de Mars [F.]; campus [U. S.], playing field, playground.
  BATTLE FIELD, battle ground; field of -battle, – slaughter; No Man’s Land [World War]; “over there” [used in America, esp. of the Western Front], “out there” [corresponding term in Eng.]; theater -, seat- of war; Aceldama, camp; the enemy’s camp.
  TRYSTING PLACE (place of meeting) [See Focus].
   QUOTATION:My race being run, I love to watch the race.—Masefield