spectator

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/ UK /spɛkˈteɪtə/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #19755

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1

noun
A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show.

The cheering spectators filled the stadium.

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1 noun · a person who watches an... onlooker viewer watcher

More audience crowd observer

Word family

Forms spectators

Derived forms spect-actorspectatespectatordomspectatorialspectatoringspectatorismspectatoritisspectatorlessspectatorshipspectatresstelespectator

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator.

spectātor Latin

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# spectator

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈspɛkteɪtɚ
**IPA (UK):** spɛkˈteɪtə
**Frequency rank:** 19755

## Meanings
1. A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show.

## Examples
- The cheering spectators filled the stadium.

## Synonyms
- audience
- crowd
- observer

## Derived Forms
- spect-actor
- spectate
- spectatordom
- spectatorial
- spectatoring
- spectatorism
- spectatoritis
- spectatorless
- spectatorship
- spectatress
- telespectator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: spectātor

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator.

## AI Etymology
Spectator is borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator. Important forms in the word's history include Latin spectātor. In current use it includes the sense A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show.

## Topics
- People & Society

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