spectators
USSPEK-tay-turz/ˈspɛkteɪtɚz/UKspek-TAY-tuhz/spɛkˈteɪtəz/
- 1Plural of spectator.
Excited spectators lined the route to watch the cyclists pass.
Security guards kept spectators back from the racetrack barrier.
Note
A regular plural, made with a plain -s and no change to the stem. It keeps both meanings of the singular. One is the crowd watching an event, especially one held outdoors, like a race or a match. The other is broader: people who observe or view something. Context tells them apart. Spectators lining a route are an audience, while spectators of a scene may simply be onlookers.
spectators is a form of spectator
spectator, noun: A person who watches an event, especially one held outdoors, such as a sporting contest or race. Full entry
- Forms
- spectatorspectators plural
- Spelling
- spectator → spectators: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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