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grand·stand

Audio Help [gran-stand, grand-] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -stand·ed, -stand·ing, adjective

–noun

1.	the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.

2.	the people sitting in these seats.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to conduct oneself or perform showily or ostentatiously in an attempt to impress onlookers: The senator doesn't hesitate to grandstand if it makes her point.

–adjective

4.	situated in a grandstand: grandstand seats.

5.	having a vantage point resembling that of a grandstand: From our office windows on the third floor, we had a grandstand view of the parade.

6.	intended to impress an onlooker or onlookers: a grandstand catch.

[Origin: 1835–45; grand + stand

]

—Related forms

grandstander, noun

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grand·stand Audio Help (grānd'stānd', grān'-) Pronunciation Key
n.

A roofed stand for spectators at a stadium or racetrack.
The spectators or audience at an event.

intr.v. grand·stand·ed, grand·stand·ing, grand·stands
To perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience.

grand'stand'er n.

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grandstand

"main seating for spectators at an outdoor event," 1834, from grand + stand. The verb meaning "to show off" is student slang from 1895, from grandstand player, attested in baseball slang from 1888.

"It's little things of this sort which makes the 'grand stand player.' They make impossible catches, and when they get the ball they roll all over the field." [M.J. Kelly, "Play Ball," 1888]

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grandstand
noun
1.	the audience at a stadium or racetrack
2.	a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof
verb
1.	perform ostentatiously in order to impress the audience and with an eye to the applause; "She never misses a chance to grandstand"

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