standing room
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2.8
- noun
- /ˈstændɪŋ rum/
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- The concert was so popular that there was only standing room left for the audience.
- standing room only
- standing room crowd
- standing room audience
We are filling arenas, we're filling stadiums, we're filling places to the gills where it's standing room only.
- We are filling arenas, we're filling stadiums, we're filling places to the gills where it's standing room only.
Examples
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The other was a standing-room-only conference room full of English and communications juniors and seniors.
Blog text (23) -
On Thursday, January 13, 1994, NASA officials and HST scientists faced a standing-room-only crowd of journalists jammed into a room at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Academic text (1994) -
How many people are out there? - Standing room only.
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It's the hot ticket, standing room only.
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I could only get standing room.
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There is only standing room.
Fiction book (1990) -
The only tickets left were general admission, standing room only.
Blog text (18) -
The formal concert debut was presented at the end of the second semester for an enthusiastic standing-room crowd.
Academic text (1992) -
A standing-room-only crowd.
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The 2010 Interfaith Dialogue had a standing-room-only turnout despite inclement weather (over 200 present).
Academic text (2011)
Antonyms
How Crowded
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'space available for people to stand' is directly and compositionally derived from 'standing' (upright, not seated) + 'room' (space). This is a predictable noun-noun/compound pattern found cross-linguistically and in common English usage (e.g. 'standing room only'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Standing room comes from the simple picture of a full theater, train, or stadium where every seat is taken and the only place left is a room to stand. So it means 'space for people to stand' when all the seats are full.