battleground

/ˈbætəlˌɡɹaʊnd/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

big, civil, political

VERB + BATTLEGROUND

become, counted, died, key, screaming, turning, war

BATTLEGROUND + NOUN

empires, relics

PREP.

in, into, on

ADV.

such

Definitions

noun

A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.

The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.

Any place or situation of dispute or contention.

And now the two of them are lost in a screaming battleground

Any subject of dispute or contention.

Abortion was becoming the season's big political battleground.

Ellipsis of battleground state.

Mr. Biden, the former vice president, is ahead of Mr. Trump in the Northern battlegrounds of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, as well as in the Sun Belt states of Florida and Arizona, according to a poll of likely voters conducted by The New York Times and Siena College.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

The farmer's field was a civil war battleground, and relics such a minnie bullets were frequently found while plowing.

Wiktionary

And now the two of them are lost in a screaming battleground

Wiktionary

Abortion was becoming the season's big political battleground.

Wiktionary

Fadil and Layla's married life was a battleground.

Tatoeba · #5882770

Sami's house is turning into a battleground.

Tatoeba · #6570041

The soldier died on the battleground.

Tatoeba · #9033962

Usage Notes

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In some senses, battleground is marked as figuratively, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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