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I think words come between the spectator and the picture.
Howard Hodgkin

Meaning of "spectator" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPECTATOR

From Latin, from spectāre to watch.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPECTATOR

spectator  [spɛkˈteɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECTATOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spectator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPECTATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of spectator in the English dictionary

The definition of spectator in the dictionary is a person viewing anything; onlooker; observer.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPECTATOR


agitator
ˈædʒɪˌteɪtə
amputator
ˈæmpjʊˌteɪtə
annotator
ˈænəˌteɪtə
citator
saɪˈteɪtə
commentator
ˈkɒmənˌteɪtə
cunctator
kʌŋkˈteɪtə
devastator
ˈdevəˌsteɪtə
dictator
dɪkˈteɪtə
dilatator
ˌdaɪləˈteɪtə
dilator
ˌdaɪləˈteɪtə
disceptator
ˌdɪsɛpˈteɪtə
facilitator
fəˈsɪlɪteɪtə
punctator
pʌŋkˈteɪtə
rotator
rəʊˈteɪtə
scrutator
skruːˈteɪtə
sectator
sɛkˈteɪtə
stater
ˈsteɪtə
stator
ˈsteɪtə
tater
ˈteɪtə
tractator
trækˈteɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECTATOR

spectacle
spectacle case
spectacled
spectacles
spectacular
spectacularity
spectacularly
spectate
spectator sport
spectatorial
spectatorship
spectatrices
spectatrix
spectinomycin
Spector
spectra
spectral
spectral class
spectral luminous efficiency
spectral type

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECTATOR

administrator
assentator
auscultator
colour commentator
commutator
computator
decapitator
imitator
incantator
irritator
levitator
meditator
orientator
premeditator
prestidigitator
rehabilitator
reinstator
resuscitator
sternutator
testator
visitator

Synonyms and antonyms of spectator in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPECTATOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «spectator» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of spectator

Translation of «spectator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECTATOR

Find out the translation of spectator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spectator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spectator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

观众
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

espectador
570 millions of speakers

English

spectator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दर्शक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُشَاهِد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

зритель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

espectador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দর্শক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spectateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penonton
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zuschauer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

観客
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관중
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penonton
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khán giả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வையாளர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेक्षक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

seyirci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spettatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

widz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глядач
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spectator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεατής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toeskouer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åskådare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilskuer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spectator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECTATOR»

The term «spectator» is very widely used and occupies the 20.043 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECTATOR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spectator» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spectator» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spectator

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10 QUOTES WITH «SPECTATOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word spectator.
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Michelangelo Antonioni
You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.
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Jacques Audiard
I think 'Scarface' is a great film, but if you have a character like Tony Montana, you don't identify with him at all. I think it's very interesting instead to identify yourself with a character you don't like all the time. You can create a tension between the fiction and the viewer. You force the spectator to wonder about his actions.
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Hilarie Burton
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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Kenneth Clark
No nude, however abstract, should fail to arouse in the spectator some vestige of erotic feeling, even if it be only the faintest shadow - and if it does not do so it is bad art and false morals.
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Landon Donovan
As a spectator, you get to watch everything, but I'd much rather be playing than watching. I'll have time to watch later in my career.
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Bruno Dumont
Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.
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Bruno Dumont
Cinema builds memories; great films continue to exist in the spectator's mind. We are naturally capable of and prone to nostalgia. A spectator will reconstruct a film he or she has seen, years later, and may even change their original opinion. One critic, for example, once gave the finger to one of my films; later he wrote me to apologize.
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Michael Haneke
I give the spectator the possibility of participating. The audience completes the film by thinking about it; those who watch must not be just consumers ingesting spoon-fed images.
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Howard Hodgkin
I think words come between the spectator and the picture.
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Garry Kasparov
You cannot say, 'Go! Go! Rah! Rah! Good move!' People want some emotion. Chess is an art and not a spectator sport.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECTATOR»

Discover the use of spectator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spectator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fair Philosopher: Eliza Haywood and The Female Spectator
This collection makes a convincing argument that Haywood's periodical deserves far more critical attention than it has received so far and suggests new lines of development for future Haywood scholarship."--Publisher's website.
Lynn Marie Wright, Donald J. Newman, 2006
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The Feminist Spectator as Critic
This groundbreaking work in gender and performance, with a new introduction and updated bibliography
Jill Dolan, 2012
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The Spectator: Emerging Discourses
The Spectator: Emerging Discourses brings together a distinguished coterie of international scholars who take a fresh look at this influential eighteenth-century English periodical.
Donald J. Newman, 2005
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The Emancipated Spectator
The foremost philosopher of art argues for a new politics of looking.
Jacques Rancière, 2011
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Death and the Disinterested Spectator: An Inquiry into the ...
Death and the Disinterested Spectator examines the nature of philosophy in light of philosophy's claim to be a preparation for death.
Ann Hartle, 1986
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Shipwreck With Spectator: Paradigm of a Metaphor for Existence
This edition of Shipwreck with Spectator also includes "Prospect for a Theory of Nonconceptuality," an essay that recounts the evolution of Blumenberg's ideas about metaphorology in the years following his early manifesto "Paradigms for a ...
Hans Blumenberg, 1997
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The Spectator, Volume 4...
N? 150. Wednesday,. August. 22. Nil babe t infelix pauper tas durius in se, Quam quod ridiculos homittes facit — — Juv. AS I was walking in my Chamber the Morning before I went last into the Country, I heard the Hawkers with great ...
‎2012
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Spectator Politics: Metatheatre and Performance in Aristophanes
Spectator Politics Metatheatre and Performance in Aristophanes Niall W. Slater ""Spectator Politics" is a rich and imaginatively conceived study of the self-referential nature of Aristophanic comedy which envisions, often in precise detail, ...
Niall W. Slater, 2002
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Citizen Spectator: Art, Illusion, and Visual Perception in ...
In the first book-length exploration of illusionistic art in the early United States, Bellion investigates Americans' experiences with material forms of visual deception and argues that encounters with illusory art shaped citizens' ...
Wendy Bellion, 2011
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The Spectator
How often am I asked by both Sides, if it is possible for me to be an unconcerned Spectator of the Rogueries that are committed by the Party which is opposite to him that writes the Letter. About two Days since I was reproached with an old ...
Peter Wilson ((Dublín)), 1755

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECTATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spectator is used in the context of the following news items.
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Capo wine list wins Wine Spectator's prestigious Grand Award
Santa Monica's Capo restaurant has won for the first time one of the top honors in Wine Spectator magazine's annual list of awards, given to restaurants “that ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Stefano's An Italian Kitchen honored by Wine Spectator
A series of criteria must be met to even be considered by Wine Spectator. "You have to apply and submit your wine list, the reasons why you choose the wine, ... «WDBJ7, Jul 15»
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Spectator hit by Robby Gordon during Baja 500 (WARNING: Graphic …
A spectator was hit by Robby Gordon's Chevrolet while Gordon was battling Apdaly Lopez, the eventual race winner, during last weekend's SCORE Baja 500. «FOXSports.com, Jun 15»
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North West 200: Spectator Violet McAfee injured in 'freak accident'
The mother of a woman seriously injured while watching the North West 200 motorbike races on Saturday has said it was a "freak accident". Violet McAfee, 44 ... «BBC News, May 15»
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North West 200: Spectator and rider critical but stable after crash
The woman, who was a spectator, was hit during the opening Superstock race on Saturday. Two riders were also taken to hospital. The third was unhurt. «BBC News, May 15»
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Spectator causes huge pile-up after riding into peloton on stage two …
This is the incredible moment a spectator on a fixed-wheel bike caused a huge crash after they stupidly attempted to join in with the Peloton at the Giro d'Italia on ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
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David Cameron's curiously sanitised Christianity
As it happens, in the forthcoming Spectator Michael Gove has written for us about the 'pity, condescension or cool dismissal' that Christians in contemporary ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Spectator Life celebrates its third birthday
Mr S was a guest at Spectator Life's birthday party at Belgraves. To mark the magazine's third anniversary, party-goers including Princess Michael of Kent, Pippa ... «Spectator.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Spectator injured but in stable condition after...
Reports emerged during Sunday's Verizon IndyCar Series' season-opening Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg that a fan was struck by debris during the ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»
10
Spectator dies at Nurburgring after British racing driver Jann …
Young British sportscar driver Jann Mardenborough has been involved in a crash in a race in Germany which has resulted in the death of a spectator. «Daily Mail, Mar 15»

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