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spec·ta·tor

(spĕk′tā′tər)

An observer of an event, especially a sports contest.

[Latin spectātor, from spectāre, to watch; see spectacle.]

spec′ta·to′ri·al (-tə-tôr′ē-əl) adj.

spec′ta·tor·ship′ n.

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spectator

(spɛkˈteɪtə)

a person viewing anything; onlooker; observer

[C16: from Latin, from spectāre to watch; see spectacle]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

spec•ta•tor

(ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-)

n.

1. a person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.

2. a member of the audience at a public spectacle, display, or the like.

3. Also called spec′tator shoe`. a white shoe with a wing tip and various trims, often perforated, in a contrasting color.

[1580–90; < Latin spectātor <spectā(re), frequentative of specere to look]

spec`ta•to′ri•al (-təˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-) adj.

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Noun	1.	spectator - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" looker, viewer, watcher, witness beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses browser - a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular bystander - a nonparticipant spectator cheerer - a spectator who shouts encouragement eyewitness - a spectator who can describe what happened gawker - a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness motion-picture fan, moviegoer - someone who goes to see movies ogler - a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person looker-on, onlooker - someone who looks on playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer - someone who attends the theater rubbernecker, rubberneck - a person who stares inquisitively spy - a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people; "my spies tell me that you had a good time last night" starer - a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) peeper - a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
	2.	spectator - a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel spectator pump pump - a low-cut shoe without fastenings

spectator

noun onlooker, observer, viewer, witness, looker-on, watcher, eyewitness, bystander, beholder Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game.
participant, contributor, party, player, contestant, partaker, participator

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

spectator

noun

Someone who observes:

beholder, bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, watcher.

Translations

مُتَفَرِّجمُشَاهِد

divák

tilskuer

Zuschauer Zuschauerin ZuseherZuseherin

θεατής

espectador

katsoja

spectateur

promatrač

megfigyelő

áhorfandi

spettatore

観客

관중

būti žiūrovu

skatītājs

gledalec

åskådare

ผู้ชม

izleyici seyirci

khán giả

观众

spectator

[spekˈteɪtəʳ]

A. N → espectador(a) m/f spectators → público msing

B. CPD spectator sport N → deporte m espectáculo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

spectator

[spɛkˈteɪtə^r] n → spectateur/trice m/fspectator sport n → sport m spectacle
I don't like spectator sports → Je n'aime pas les sports spectacles.
Football is a great spectator sport → Le football est un grand sport spectacle.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

spectator

n → Zuschauer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

spectator

[spɛkˈteɪtəʳ] n → spettatore/trice

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

spectator

(spekˈteitə) , ((American) ˈspekteitər) noun

a person who watches (an event). Fifty thousand spectators came to the match.

specˈtate verb

to be a spectator (at an event).

spectator

→ مُشَاهِد divák tilskuer Zuschauer θεατής espectador katsoja spectateur promatrač spettatore 観客 관중 toeschouwer tilskuer widz espectador зритель åskådare ผู้ชม izleyici khán giả 观众

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Addison and Steele carried on the Tatler for two years, then it was stopped to make way for a far more famous paper called the Spectator. But meanwhile the Whigs fell from power and Addison lost his Government post.

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"Why don't you come out on dry land?" said the Spectator. "What are you in there for?"

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In common with every player upon the field and every spectator in the crowded stands he knew what was passing in his Chief's mind.

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Then in the days of sharp-pointed swords, a spectator was an occasional victim--the end of a broken sword flew five or ten feet and buried itself in his neck or his heart, and death ensued instantly.

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In our illustration of the actor, we spoke, for the moment, as though each spectator's mind were wholly occupied by the one actor.

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And while the abilities of the nine-hundredth abridger of the History of England, or of the man who collects and publishes in a volume some dozen lines of Milton, Pope, and Prior, with a paper from the Spectator, and a chapter from Sterne, are eulogized by a thousand pens -- there seems almost a general wish of decrying the capacity and undervaluing the labour of the novelist, and of slighting the performances which have only genius, wit, and taste to recommend them.

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Consequently, there was not one curious spectator who was not willing to give himself the treat of visiting the interior of this great metallic abyss.

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That venerable lady chanced to be a spectator of the scene, and ever after made it her favorite narrative.

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He finished off by squeaking so like a pig that the spectators thought that he had a porker concealed about him.

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The form of the enclosure was an oblong square, save that the corners were considerably rounded off, in order to afford more convenience for the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combatants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden gates, each wide enough to admit two horsemen riding abreast.

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good heavens!" said an old woman among the spectators, "and that besides our having had a considerable pestilence last year, and that they say that the English are going to disembark in a company at Harfleur."

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This reprieve suggested to the worthy spectators remarks such as the following: --