Definitions for Spectator
ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-spec·ta·tor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, lookernoun

   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"

2. spectator pump, spectatornoun

   a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spectatornoun

   One who observes an event; an observer.

   The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.

2. Etymology: From spectator, from frequentative verb specto, from specio.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spectatornoun

   A looker on; a beholder.

   Etymology: spectateur, Fr. spectator, Latin.

   More
   Than history can pattern, though devis’d
   And play’d, to take spectators. William Shakespeare.

   If it proves a good repast to the spectators, the dish pays the shot. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.

   An old gentleman mounting on horseback got up heavily; but desired the spectators that they would count fourscore and eight before they judged him. Dryden.

   He mourns his former vigour lost so far,
   To make him now spectator of a war. Dryden.

   What pleasure hath the owner more than the spectator? Jeremiah Seed.

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1. spectator

   A spectator is a person who watches or observes an event or activity, often as part of an audience during a game, match, performance, or show. They do not participate directly in the event or activity but witness it happening.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spectatornoun

   one who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spectator

   spek-tā′tor, n. one who looks on:—fem. Spectā′tress, Spectā′trix.—adj. Spectatō′rial.—n. Spectā′torship, the office or quality of a spectator: (Shak.) the act of beholding.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Spectator' in Nouns Frequency: #2723

Anagrams for Spectator »

1. attercops

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spectator in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Spectator in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Spectator in a Sentence

1. Nick Kyrgios:

   I don't know what to say. I'm not sure how I bullied him. He was the one hitting balls at me, he was the one that hit a spectator, he was the one that smacked it out of the stadium, i did nothing towards Stefanos Tsitsipas today that was disrespectful. I was not drilling Stefanos Tsitsipas with balls. To come in here and say I bullied him, that's just soft. We're not cut from the same cloth. I go up against guys who are true competitors.

2. Julie Heckman:

   We don't give our children matches to play with nor do we give them candles, so you really shouldn't give children fireworks, let the adults handle the fireworks and let the children be the spectator.

3. Marc Levine:

   Democracy is not a spectator sport -- it requires the active participation of all its citizens, california is a national leader on expanding voting rights to its citizens. Those rights come with a responsibility by registered voters to cast their ballot and make sure that their voice is heard by their government. This is not a time to be complacent at the ballot box.

4. Donna Lowich:

   She loves to hit the baseball, my husband will throw a whiffle ball for her and she likes to hit with the plastic bat. I could never do it, for those things, I’m just a spectator.

5. Marcel Duchamp:

   The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and thus adds his contribution to the creative act.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Spectator
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spectator
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Spectator
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Spectator
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Spectator