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# spectator

«spectator» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who watches an event, especially a sports match…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a spectator, spectators)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who watches an event, especially a sports match or show, without taking part. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life spectators fill stadiums. In maths problems, spectator numbers are added, compared and rounded: «There were 3,450 spectators.» In stories, a spectator sees events happen. «Spectator sport»: a sport many people like to watch.

### examples

- Thousands of spectators cheered the runners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x1)
- The spectators stood up when the goal went in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x2)
- There were 2,400 spectators on Saturday and 1,900 on Sunday, so 4,300 in all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x3)
- Football is a great spectator sport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x4)
- Spectators must stay behind the rope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x5)
- She wasn't playing — she was just a spectator. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x6)
- "How beautiful, how perfect it is!" cried the spectators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/spectator/#x7)

### note

Spelling: -tor (not «-ter»). Close words: onlooker, viewer, audience (for a show), crowd. Spectators watch; players play.

### Trees and pragmatics

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