spectator

[US]/spekˈteɪtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈspekteɪtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. audience, onlooker

Phrases & Collocations

enthusiastic spectator

sports spectator

spectator sport

Example Sentences

The spectators began to disassemble.

The spectators applauded wildly.

spectators ducked for cover.

a hedge of spectators along the sidewalk.

Spectators ringed the intersection.

A spectator threw the ball back to the players.

shirtsleeve spectators; a shirtsleeved orchestra.

spoke to a few spectators standing about.

They asked the spectators to keep off.

Many spectators watched the baseball game.

The policemen asked the spectators to stand well back.

our active participation as spectators is called into play. .

The spectators thought that the sword swallower's performance was neck or nothing.

I asked the spectators to keep back from the sideline.

The spectator can keep the card as souvenir, and from this point on, EVERYTHING is fully examinable!

When I told the spectators the beer tent was open, you couldn't see them for dust.

Police crowded the spectators back to the viewing stand. Urban sprawl crowded the small farmers out of the immediate area.

27. Whatever gloss the various spectators put upon the interest, according to their several arts and powers of self-deceit, the interest was, at the root of it, Ogreish.

Front of House (FOH) is the area within a venue accessible to ticketed spectators and other constituents, located after the ticket-rip point.

Real-world Examples

The giant panda, after lunch, seems torpid and reluctant to entertain the spectators.

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

There were many spectators at the National Football League.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

" That may mean there will probably be no spectators" .

Source: VOA Special English: World

We are for the most part actives agents, not passive victimised spectators.

Source: The school of life

Another is planned for next Sunday though you won't see any spectators yet.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

Theaters have become very big swelling to accommodate more than 3,000 spectators.

Source: Crash Course in Drama

But I knew it was over and I could no longer be a spectator.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Olympic officials say they're prepared to have no spectators at the Tokyo games.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation June 2021

We were prisoners once more, unwilling spectators at the performance of this gruesome drama.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Meanwhile, a planter had come from his farm to be a spectator of the shipwreck.

Source: Original Chinese Language Class in American Elementary Schools

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