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Definition of spectator noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spectator

noun
 
 
/spekˈteɪtə(r)/
 
/ˈspekteɪtər/
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  1. a person who is watching an event, especially a sports event
    • The new football stadium will hold 75 000 spectators.
    • Thousands of spectators lined the route of the royal procession.
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    • He was rendered a virtual spectator for large parts of the game.
    • Spectators lined the route of the president's walkabout.
    • The stadium will seat 60 000 spectators.
    • This year's festival attracted 87 000 spectators.
    • I think soccer is the best spectator sport there is.
    Topics Sports: other sportsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mere
    • passive
    • silent
    • …
    … of spectators
    • crowd
    verb + spectator
    • attract
    • draw
    • seat
    • …
    spectator + verb
    • gather
    • turn up
    • line something
    • …
    spectator + noun
    • event
    • sport
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French spectateur or Latin spectator, from spectare ‘gaze at, observe’, frequentative of specere ‘to look’.
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