spectator
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2.6
- noun
- /ˈspɛkˌteɪtər/
- The science experiment drew a crowd of curious spectators eager to see the results.
- spectator sport
- spectators watching
- crowd of spectators
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Watch on YouTubeWell, because the spectator is the end user.
- Well, because the spectator is the end user.
- Just just sit back and watch, be a spectator.
- It's the athlete mindset versus the spectator mindset.
- Apparently one spectator asked, do boats like this sink often?
- It's just fun just being a spectator of it.
- Not distinct from the genuine self, the actor, or from us, the spectator.
- The next two hours, spectators experience the vertiginous pull and push of things.
- A Western value is that you do not act as a spectator when you see injustice unfold around you.
- Drawing on the catalytic effects of the drama, the spectator soul must be cleaned by means of the performance.
Examples
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The next two hours, spectators experience the vertiginous pull and push of things.
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A Western value is that you do not act as a spectator when you see injustice unfold around you.
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And so I think for me, I felt like a spectator and I was like, I care about her too much.
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Democracy is not a spectator sport.
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Apparently one spectator asked, do boats like this sink often?
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But we hope that he and the spectators are okay.
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Still upstairs, I watched the celebration - a spectator once again, an outsider.
Fiction book (1994) -
There to witness this experiment were hundreds of spectators, many of them dubious of the whole enterprise.
Academic text (2012) -
Nearly 100,000 spectators hold their breath in anticipation.
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When two kids fight in the high school cafeteria, a circle of spectators soon surrounds them.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
477
1.3
A person who watches TV or films
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2.8
A person who watches and notices things, often to give expert opinion
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3.9
A person who watches a place or people to keep them safe
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3.4
A person who watches an event but does not take part
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3.2
A person who watches something without taking part
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5.8
A person who looks at something
A person who watches an event without taking part
A person who stands watching something out of idle curiosity and is easily impressed
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Morphology
spectator = spectate (semi-transparent) = spect + ate + or
The step from 'spectate' (to watch) to 'spectator' is a regular agentive noun formation (verb + -or), so the immediate derivation is clear.
Etymology
Spectator comes from the Latin root spectare, which means 'to look' or 'watch'. It shares this root with spectacle, so a spectator is literally someone who 'looks' at an event, which is why it means a person who watches without taking part.