grandstand

grandstand

English

Etymology

grand +‎ stand.

Pronunciation

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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.

Translations

seating area

Bulgarian: трибуна (bg) f (tribuna) Chinese: Mandarin: 看台 (zh) (kàntái) Czech: hlediště (cs) n, bariéry f pl Dutch: tribune (nl) Finnish: katsomo (fi) French: tribune (fr) f German: Tribüne (de) f Italian: tribuna (it) f Japanese: 観覧席 (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 (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