grandstand

English

Etymology

From grand +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹændˌstænd/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

grandstand (plural grandstands)

1. The seating area at a stadium or arena; the bleachers.
2. The audience at a public event.

Derived terms

• grandstand finish

Translations

seating area

• Bulgarian: трибуна (bg) f (tribuna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 看台 (kàntái)

• Czech: hlediště (cs) n, bariéry f pl
• Dutch: tribune (nl)
• Finnish: katsomo (fi)
• French: tribune (fr) f
• German: Tribüne (de) f, Zuschauertribüne f, Sitzreihen (de) f pl, Zuschauersitzplätze f pl
• Italian: tribuna (it) f
• Japanese: 観覧席 (ja) (かんらんせき, kanranseki)
• Macedonian: гледалиште n (gledalište), триби́на f (tribína)
• Manx: ardan soie m
• Polish: trybuna (pl) f
• Portuguese: arquibancada (pt) f, bancada (pt) f, bancada (pt) f
• Russian: трибу́на (ru) f (tribúna), места́ для зри́телей n pl (mestá dlja zrítelej)
• Thai: อัฒจันทร์ (th) (àt-tá-jan)
• Turkish: tribün (tr)
• Welsh: eisteddle (cy) m

audience

• Bulgarian: публика (bg) f (publika)
• Dutch: toeschouwers (nl)
• Finnish: katsomo (fi)
• French: tribune (fr) f
• Italian: pubblico (it) m
• Russian: пу́блика (ru) f (públika), зри́тели (ru) m pl (zríteli)

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• Swahili: ^{(please verify)} msimamo (sw)

Verb

grandstand (third-person singular simple present grandstands, present participle grandstanding, simple past and past participle grandstanded)

1. (intransitive) To behave dramatically or showily to impress an audience or observers; to pander to a crowd.

   Many politicians prefer to grandstand on hot-button issues rather than enact tough policy changes.

Derived terms

• grandstander
• grandstanding
• grandstand play

Translations

to behave dramatically

• Bulgarian: парадирам (bg) (paradiram), играя за публиката (igraja za publikata)
• German: sich aufspielen, sich theatralisch geben, eine Nummer abziehen, sich profilieren
• Hungarian: feltűnősködik (hu)
• Italian: mettersi in mostra, attirare l'attenzione su di sé
• Polish: pod publiczkę (pl) (adverbial used with various verbs)
• Spanish: mirar al tendido

See also

• play to the gallery