noun · neutral
spectator
UK/spekˈteɪtə/US/spekˈteɪtər/spek·TEY·tor
Band 4-5speakingtask2
A person who watches a sporting event in person.
Examples
“There were thousands of spectators at the final.”
“Spectators cheered as the team scored.”
“The event attracted casual spectators as well as fans.”
Band 8 sentence
“As a spectator sport, football has the rare power to unite communities across age and class barriers.”
Collocations
- spectator sport
- large crowd of spectators
Word family
spectator nounspectate verbspectacular adj
Common mistakes
There were many audience at the match.→There was a large audience at the concert.
He is an spectator.→He is a spectator.
Say it for a higher band
5audience→6crowd→7+spectator
Synonyms
audience
Easily confused
audience
“The audience applauded at the end of the concert.”
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