How do you use Amphitheatre in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like amphitheater or gallery, plus the exact meaning.
Amphitheatre meaning
- An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design.
- A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope or particular rock formation forms a partial or complete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.
Using Amphitheatre
- The main meaning on this page is: An open, outdoor theatre (which may be a theatre in the round, or have a stage with seating on only one side), especially one from the classical period of ancient Greece or Rome, or a modern venue of similar design. | A natural formation of a similar shape, where a steep mountain or slope or particular rock formation forms a partial or complete bowl, especially one used as a performance space (and possibly modified by carving out seats, etc) because the slopes naturally amplify or echo sound.
- Useful related words include: amphitheater, gallery, coliseum, stadium.
- In the example corpus, amphitheatre often appears in combinations such as: the amphitheatre, amphitheatre in, an amphitheatre.
Context around Amphitheatre
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Amphitheatre
- In this selection, "amphitheatre" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, proposed, types, area, main, created and taking stand out and add context to how "amphitheatre" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a grassy amphitheatre to gather and a new amphitheatre taking much. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "amphitheatre" sits close to words such as akure, aman and bagging, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with amphitheatre
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Tina Turner performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre. (6 words)
On Saturday, comedian Jeff Foxworthy will open Sweetland Amphitheatre’s 2023 concert series. (13 words)
The rear of the amphitheatre, facing the Morava and Danube rivers in Devín. (13 words)
The area will now be home to a large-scale play area for all ages and will connect the High Street to the River Tees with a large slide-down a new amphitheatre taking much of the six-metre descent to the riverside. (43 words)
A proposed amphitheatre is planned to go in the Year 3-6 playground, where work will include converting the sloped embankment between the primary bus shelter and the school's sensory garden area to construct the amphitheatre. (37 words)
As well as its amphitheatre and grassy slopes, South Street Park has a more untamed area, where the trees, tall grass and pretty flowers provide a welcome wildlife haven on the outskirts of the city centre. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A proposed amphitheatre is planned to go in the Year 3-6 playground, where work will include converting the sloped embankment between the primary bus shelter and the school's sensory garden area to construct the amphitheatre.
Building types Amphitheatre main further Roman theatre of Aspendos, Turkey The amphitheatre was, with the triumphal arch and basilica, the only major new type of building developed by the Romans.
As well as its amphitheatre and grassy slopes, South Street Park has a more untamed area, where the trees, tall grass and pretty flowers provide a welcome wildlife haven on the outskirts of the city centre.
Councillor Quinn has also successfully campaigned for solar lighting at the walled gardens to light up the route to the amphitheatre, which was a huge attraction during the pandemic.
Here is how the events area, amphitheatre and playpark could look in the future.
Malham Cove is a remarkable limestone amphitheatre created through ice and water erosion during the last million years.
On Saturday, comedian Jeff Foxworthy will open Sweetland Amphitheatre’s 2023 concert series.
Overlooking the parade ground was a possible temple complex and the fort had a small military amphitheatre – a rare feature in Britain.
Panic! at the Disco performs onstage at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre on May 14, 2016, in Irvine, Calif. The group is ending its nearly two-decade run, frontman Brendon Urie announced Tuesday.
Rising up from the site is a grassy amphitheatre to gather and tell stories, not far off from a massive metal firepit to heat stones for sweat lodges.
The area will now be home to a large-scale play area for all ages and will connect the High Street to the River Tees with a large slide-down a new amphitheatre taking much of the six-metre descent to the riverside.
The latest addition at the Island of Geese site in Tralee is the construction of a new canopy over the amphitheatre.
The rear of the amphitheatre, facing the Morava and Danube rivers in Devín.
The rock band said Friday it is moving its Oct. 11 show at Chase Field in downtown to the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre to avoid a conflict with the D-backs.
The Thunder Valley Amphitheatre presented by Ballad Health transforms Bristol Dragway into a premier outdoor concert venue for the world's greatest music performers.
Tickets are $35 and include tastings from 5 participating vendors during a particular time frame in the Real Good Kitchen tent located near the top of the World’s Fair Park Amphitheatre.
Tina Turner performs at Shoreline Amphitheatre.
Walk in the footsteps of the Romans when you wander round the remarkably well-preserved amphitheatre in Pula.
At noon, people can bring their dressed-up dogs to the center of the Amphitheatre for another installment of the Doggie Fashion Show.
Because, of course, what happened inside the International Amphitheatre mattered less in the long run than what happened outside it.
Common combinations with amphitheatre
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the amphitheatre 20×
- amphitheatre in 12×
- an amphitheatre 11×
- amphitheatre and 6×
- amphitheatre on 6×
- rocks amphitheatre 6×
- amphitheatre is 4×
- amphitheatre was 4×
- amphitheatre at 4×
- roman amphitheatre 4×