spectate

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The Cycletour is Cape Town's premier event and around 32 000 cyclists take part cheered on by thousands and thousands of supporters who don't just spectate, they participate as they egg on, water down and push up total strangers who like me find the trip more than just a challenge.

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  1. intransitive verb To attend (a horserace or other sporting event, for example) as a spectator.

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  • The Cycletour is Cape Town's premier event and around 32 000 cyclists take part cheered on by thousands and thousands of supporters who don't just spectate, they participate as they egg on, water down and push up total strangers who like me find the trip more than just a challenge. —  Muti
  • This tournament will be open to anyone that attends to spectate the Finals along with many of the best players in the North American Counter-Strike scene. —  GotFrag eSports Stories
  • For months and months we'd go out to autocrosses and people would tell me that I should DRIVE at them, not spectate and I always has an excuse. —  Aflux
  • Careful who you accuse of being idiots, some of us have balls, others spectate, speculate, and most of all fear death wayyyy too much. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • "Blackouts", etc. This added rule alone will make it very interesting to see if we spectate the powerful Paladin / Hunter / DK lineup, or if teams will run the less popular ones. —  GotFrag eSports Stories
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  1. Back-formation from spectator.

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  1. from Latin spectatus, past participle of spectare, see, behold: see spectant.
 

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