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by·stand·er
(bī′stăn′dər)n.
A person who is present at an event without participating in it.
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bystander
(ˈbaɪˌstændə)n
a person present but not involved; onlooker; spectator
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by•stand•er
(ˈbaɪˌstæn dər)n.
a person present but not involved; onlooker.
[1610–20]
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bystander
noun onlooker, passer-by, spectator, witness, observer, viewer, looker-on, watcher, eyewitness It looks like an innocent bystander was killed instead of you.
party, participant, contributor, partaker
party, participant, contributor, partaker
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Translations
مُتَفَرِّج، مُشاهِد، واقِف على الحِيادمُشَاهِدٌ
divákpřihlížející
tilskuer
sivustakatsoja
promatrač
hlutlaus áhorfandi
傍観者
방관자
gledalec
åskådare
ผู้เห็นเหตุการณ์
người xem
bystander
[ˈbaɪˌstændəʳ] N (= spectator) → espectador(a) m/f; (= witness) → testigo mfan innocent bystander → un transeúnte que pasaba/pasa por allí
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bystander
[ˈbaɪstændər] n → spectateur/trice m/f, badaud(e) m/fan innocent bystander → un passant innocent, un simple passant
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by
(bai) preposition1. next to; near; at the side of. by the door; He sat by his sister.
2. past. going by the house.
3. through; along; across. We came by the main road.
4. used (in the passive voice) to show the person or thing which performs an action. struck by a stone.
5. using. He's going to contact us by letter; We travelled by train.
6. from; through the means of. I met her by chance; by post.
7. (of time) not later than. by 6 o'clock.
8. during the time of.
9. to the extent of. taller by ten centimetres.
10. used to give measurements etc. 4 metres by 2 metres.
11. in quantities of. fruit sold by the kilo.
12. in respect of. a teacher by profession.
adverb1. near. They stood by and watched.
2. past. A dog ran by.
3. aside; away. money put by for an emergency.
ˈbygones: let bygones be bygones to forgive and forget past causes of ill-feeling.
ˈbypass noun a road which avoids an obstruction or a busy area. Take the bypass round the city.
verb to avoid (a place) by taking such a road.
ˈby-product noun something obtained or formed during the making of something else. Coal tar is a by-product of the process of obtaining gas from coal.
ˈbystander noun a person who watches but does not take part.
by and by after a short time. By and by, everyone went home.
by and large mostly; all things considered. Things are going quite well, by and large.
by oneself1. alone. He was standing by himself at the bus-stop.
2. without anyone else's help. He did the job (all) by himself.
by the way incidentally. By the way, have you a moment to spare?
by is used for forms of transport: by train ; by aeroplane ; by land ; by sea
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