Spectator
noun
A person who watches an event, show, game, or activity, without taking part in it.
There were thousands of spectators at the football match.
Often appears as...
- spectator sport
- spectator stands
noun
A person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
The crowd of spectators cheered as the cyclist crossed the finish line.
Often appears as...
- spectator view
- spectator behaviour
noun
A person who watches an event, show, game, or activity, without taking part in it.
There were thousands of spectators at the football match.
Often appears as...
- spectator sport
- spectator stands
noun
A person who looks on or watches; onlooker; observer.
The crowd of spectators cheered as the cyclist crossed the finish line.
Often appears as...
- spectator view
- spectator behaviour
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Use 'spectator' to emphasize watching without participating in the action.
He remained a spectator at debates, preferring to observe rather than join in.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Events
'Spectator' is commonly used for audience members at public events like sports or concerts.
The basketball game was cancelled due to a lack of spectators.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Position
'Spectator' implies a neutral stance, with no clear support for any side or outcome.
As a spectator, I just enjoyed the intense competition between the two teams.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Use 'spectator' to emphasize watching without participating in the action.
He remained a spectator at debates, preferring to observe rather than join in.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Events
'Spectator' is commonly used for audience members at public events like sports or concerts.
The basketball game was cancelled due to a lack of spectators.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Position
'Spectator' implies a neutral stance, with no clear support for any side or outcome.
As a spectator, I just enjoyed the intense competition between the two teams.
Pro Tip 1/3Active Involvement
Use 'spectator' to emphasize watching without participating in the action.
He remained a spectator at debates, preferring to observe rather than join in.
Pro Tip 2/3Large Events
'Spectator' is commonly used for audience members at public events like sports or concerts.
The basketball game was cancelled due to a lack of spectators.
Pro Tip 3/3Neutral Position
'Spectator' implies a neutral stance, with no clear support for any side or outcome.
As a spectator, I just enjoyed the intense competition between the two teams.
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Raghava KK: Coloring...
half of them come from the subconscious so the next time you come and see my art show be careful what you think because you're gonna participate to bring my work to life using your biochemistry your brainwaves your thoughts and you can't even help yourself but be honest the role of my spectator has now changed
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The emergence of drama...
worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food
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Photography as...
- Think there's a lot of parallels. I think basketball is a true art form. It's fluidity. It's almost like watching a ballet in a way, something beautiful. The arts, you're happy watching it unravel right in front of you. And life is that way. It's not a spectator sport, right?
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Is social activism the...
it has to be plain old fun because if it isn't fun it isn't worth doing but is social activism the new black I don't want it to sound so trivial so we looked a little deeper when we looked at the entire audience we saw that thirty-three percent of them were spectators in their
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An ode to living on...
it means that we do not know at all. This is the beautiful, fragile drama of civilization. We are the actors and spectators of a cosmic play that means the world to us here, but means nothing anywhere else. Possibly not even that much down here, either.
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Bull in the Stands PIPE Do...
people just love the thrill of sitting in the stands and cheering on their favorite athletes in north america alone more than 277 million spectators pack into the major sports stadiums in an
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Clover Hogan: What to do...
When you look back on your own life, what do you want to see? Will you have chosen despair, denial, or something different? Will you have been a spectator to our planet's problems
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What streaming means for...
and the relationship between the two became much more one-way. We wound up in a world where we had a smaller class of professional creators and most of us became spectators,
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How to revive your...
Autocrats and demagogues seem emboldened, even cocky. The free world feels leaderless. And yet, I remain hopeful. I don't mean optimistic. Optimism is for spectators.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
spectator sport they might as well
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Raghava KK: Coloring...
half of them come from the subconscious so the next time you come and see my art show be careful what you think because you're gonna participate to bring my work to life using your biochemistry your brainwaves your thoughts and you can't even help yourself but be honest the role of my spectator has now changed
Video examples
The emergence of drama...
worldly flesh, and the devil became the antagonists. The morality plays were allegorical stories in which these characters battled for the control of the soul. Audiences loved the immoral characters, and spectators were encouraged to interact with the actors. Throwing rotten food
Video examples
Photography as...
- Think there's a lot of parallels. I think basketball is a true art form. It's fluidity. It's almost like watching a ballet in a way, something beautiful. The arts, you're happy watching it unravel right in front of you. And life is that way. It's not a spectator sport, right?
Video examples
Is social activism the...
it has to be plain old fun because if it isn't fun it isn't worth doing but is social activism the new black I don't want it to sound so trivial so we looked a little deeper when we looked at the entire audience we saw that thirty-three percent of them were spectators in their
Video examples
An ode to living on...
it means that we do not know at all. This is the beautiful, fragile drama of civilization. We are the actors and spectators of a cosmic play that means the world to us here, but means nothing anywhere else. Possibly not even that much down here, either.
Video examples
Bull in the Stands PIPE Do...
people just love the thrill of sitting in the stands and cheering on their favorite athletes in north america alone more than 277 million spectators pack into the major sports stadiums in an
Video examples
Clover Hogan: What to do...
When you look back on your own life, what do you want to see? Will you have chosen despair, denial, or something different? Will you have been a spectator to our planet's problems
Video examples
What streaming means for...
and the relationship between the two became much more one-way. We wound up in a world where we had a smaller class of professional creators and most of us became spectators,
Video examples
How to revive your...
Autocrats and demagogues seem emboldened, even cocky. The free world feels leaderless. And yet, I remain hopeful. I don't mean optimistic. Optimism is for spectators.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
spectator sport they might as well
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Quote examples
Hilarie Burton
American Actress
I like the guy who reads. Being articulate is something that's very important to me. But you need to know how to chop wood and fix a car and do guy things. I didn't grow up with spectators. Nobody was a spectator.
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Steven Strogatz
American Mathematician
You can get a certain amount of pleasure as a mathematical spectator, reading and watching some of the most beautiful arguments that have been created in the history of humanity. But that's too passive.
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Kenneth More
British Actor
In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were.
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James Humes
American Lawyer
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
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Ansel Adams
American Photographer
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
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Tim Crouch
Director
The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.
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Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
You know it's a great story when you identify with the main character to the point that you forget you're a spectator or a reader.
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Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
It's important to have a smile with spectators but it's not always possible.
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Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
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Lou Holtz
American Coach
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
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Hilarie Burton
American Actress
I like the guy who reads. Being articulate is something that's very important to me. But you need to know how to chop wood and fix a car and do guy things. I didn't grow up with spectators. Nobody was a spectator.
Quote examples
Steven Strogatz
American Mathematician
You can get a certain amount of pleasure as a mathematical spectator, reading and watching some of the most beautiful arguments that have been created in the history of humanity. But that's too passive.
Quote examples
Kenneth More
British Actor
In an upside down world, with all the rules being rewritten as the game goes on and spectators invading the pitch, it is good to feel that some things and some people seem to stay just as they were.
Quote examples
James Humes
American Lawyer
One secret of leadership is that the mind of a leader never turns off. Leaders even when they are sightseers or spectators, are active; not passive observers.
Quote examples
Ansel Adams
American Photographer
It is my intention to present - through the medium of photography - intuitive observations of the natural world which may have meaning to the spectators.
Quote examples
Tim Crouch
Director
The Author' is a play about responsibility, how active we are as spectators and how responsible we are for what we choose to look at.
Quote examples
Gaspar Noe
Argentinian Director
You know it's a great story when you identify with the main character to the point that you forget you're a spectator or a reader.
Quote examples
Jonny Bairstow
English Athlete
It's important to have a smile with spectators but it's not always possible.
Quote examples
Oscar Wilde
Irish Poet
It is the spectator, and not life, that art really mirrors.
Quote examples
Lou Holtz
American Coach
Don't be a spectator, don't let life pass you by.
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