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# bystander

«bystander» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is near when something happens, especially…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a bystander, bystanders)

### meaning for a pupil

A bystander is a person who is near when something happens, especially an accident, a fight or bullying, but is not part of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In social and safety lessons pupils learn about bystanders of bullying: a bystander can choose to be an «upstander» and help, by telling an adult, comforting the person or not joining in. In first aid, a bystander can call an ambulance or help until help arrives. In news: «innocent bystanders» are people who got hurt by chance.

### examples

- A bystander called the ambulance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x1)
- Don't just be a bystander when someone is being bullied — tell a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x2)
- Several bystanders saw the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x3)
- An innocent bystander was hurt by the falling sign. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x4)
- A bystander who helps is called an upstander. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x5)
- The bystanders cheered when the cat was rescued. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x6)
- Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/#x7)

### note

Countable: a bystander, bystanders. One word from «by» + «stander». Watching and laughing at bullying is not being neutral: it can make the bully feel supported.

### In the corpora

- [Bystanders, the people who see bullying happen, help the bully if they join in or laugh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/55-bullying/17/)
- [Bystanders help most by not cheering and by walking away too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/371-walking-away/31/)
- [When a fight starts, the most helpful thing a bystander can do is get an adult, not watch or cheer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/22/)
- [Bystanders have lots of better jobs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/393-bystanders/13/)
- [A bystander is someone who sees something happening to other people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/393-bystanders/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bystander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bystander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.