GRANDSTANDING

Meaning of GRANDSTANDING in English

n. act of doing something in order to win applause from the audience (often used about politicians giving speeches)

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

GRANDSTANDING — noun derogatory seek to attract favourable public or media attention. → grandstand
Concise Oxford English vocab
GRANDSTANDING — / ˈgrænstændɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( NAmE ) ( especially in business, politics, etc. ) the fact …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRANDSTANDING — grand ‧ stand ‧ ing /ˈɡrændstændɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] American English an action that is intended to make people …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GRANDSTANDING — Grandstanding means behaving in a way that makes people pay attention to you instead of thinking about more important matters. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GRANDSTANDING — Grandstanding means behaving in a way that makes people pay attention to you instead of thinking about more important matters. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
GRANDSTANDING — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Critics feel that allowing television cameras into the courtroom will lead to grandstanding by …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRANDSTANDING — [noun] [U] US [informal] - acting or speaking in a way intended to attract the good opinion of other people …
Cambridge English vocab
GRANDSTANDING — (американизм) (разговорное) рисовка; поведение, рассчитанное на эффект
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRANDSTANDING — n амер. разг. рисовка; поведение, рассчитанное на эффект
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GRANDSTANDING — (n) рисовка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GRANDSTANDING — (a) рассчитанное на эффект поведение
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GRANDSTANDING — n амер. разг. рисовка; поведение, рассчитанное на эффект
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GRANDSTANDING — n амер. разг. рисовка; поведение, рассчитанное на эффект
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GRANDSTANDING — (американизм) (разговорное) рисовка; поведение, рассчитанное на эффект
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GRANDSTAND — I. ˈgran(d)ˌstand, -raan(d)ˌstaa(ə)nd noun Etymology: grand (I) + stand 1. : a usually roofed structure serving as the principal spectator …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GRANDSTAND — — grandstander , n. /gran"stand', grand"-/ , n. , v. , grandstanded, grandstanding , adj. n. 1. the main seating …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ROUNDLY — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES roundly condemn sth/sb (= very strongly and severely ) ▪ Last week’s violence was roundly …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MARRIAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a marriage certificate ▪ He found a copy of his parents' marriage certificate. a marriage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LEGISLATIVE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES the executive/judicial/legislative branch (= the three main parts of the US government ) COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LECTURE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give a talk/speech/lecture ▪ He’s giving a talk on early Roman pottery. keynote speech/address/lecture …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSUFFICIENT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB as ▪ But they regarded the simple wartime orientation of the neutralisation regime as …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GET — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a situation worsens/deteriorates/gets worse ▪ Reports from the area suggest the situation has worsened. be …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GAY — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a same-sex/gay marriage (= a marriage between two homosexual people, which is not legal …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
EXTRAVAGANT — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a lavish/extravagant lifestyle (= in which you buy or do expensive things ) ▪ How …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRITICIZE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES heavily criticized ▪ The report was heavily criticized in the press. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONDEMN — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a condemned prisoner (= one who is going to be punished by being killed ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CLAIM — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bold statement/assertion/claim ▪ In a surprisingly bold statement, the couple said they had …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GRANDSTAND — {v.}, {slang}, {informal} To show off, to perform histrionics needlessly. * /Stop grandstanding and get down to honest work!/
Slang English vocab
GRANDSTAND — {v.}, {slang}, {informal} To show off, to perform histrionics needlessly. * /Stop grandstanding and get down to honest work!/
Словарь английских идиом
GRANDSTAND — v. , slang , informal To show off, to perform histrionics needlessly. Stop grandstanding and get down to honest work!
American Idioms English vocabulary

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