GRANDSTANDING

Meaning of GRANDSTANDING in English

[noun] [U] US [informal] - acting or speaking in a way intended to attract the good opinion of other people who are watching

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

GRANDSTANDING — n. act of doing something in order to win applause from the audience (often used about politicians giving speeches)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — (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 …
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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

Cambridge English vocab

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