arcade

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/ɑɹˈkeɪd/

noun 3verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

covered, favorite, right

We spent the afternoon at our favorite arcade playing video games and pinball machines.

VERB + ARCADE

back, began, developing, games, go, going, include, involve

We used to go to the arcade every Friday night when we were teenagers.

ARCADE + NOUN

basement, bunch, elements, machine, owner, school, sometime, two-way

The arcade owner decided to replace all the old machines with newer models.

PREP.

after, along, from, in, in, into, with

We walked along the arcade on the pier, stopping at the game machines.

ADV.

also, then, usually

We usually went to the arcade after school to play video games with our friends.

Definitions

noun

A row of arches.

The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches.

A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.

Synonym of amusement arcade.

verb

To cover (something) as with a series of arches.

[…] its trottoirs brick-paved and shaded by trees of almost tropical foliage—conspicuous among them the odoriferous magnolia, and the melia azedarach, or “Pride of China”—these in places completely arcading the streets—the town of Nachitoches offered the aspect of a rus in urbe, or urbs in rure, whichever way you may wish it.

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Synonyms

noun — a structure composed of a series of arches supported by colu

colonnade

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches.

Wiktionary

The shopping arcade was covered with lots of paper decorations.

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Sami walked into the arcade.

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We should go to the arcade sometime.

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Real-time strategy games usually involve arcade elements.

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