The meaning of Bystander

noun

A person who sees or observes someone or something.

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The building and landscape can elicit imaginative responses from the beholder

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A person who has seen something happen and can give a first-hand description of it.

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Eyewitness accounts of the london blitz

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A person who saw something happen, for example a crime or an accident

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Police were looking for eyewitnesses.

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A burrowing bivalve mollusc, the shell valves of which have an opening at one or both ends.

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Areas exhibiting mixed sand and mud constitute a relatively stable substrate in which typical sand-…

noun

Someone who watches something that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it

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At every gathering for dances, sports, or games of any kind there are more lookers-on than particip…

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A person who watches or notices something.

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To a casual observer, he was at peace

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A non-participating observer; a spectator.

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A crowd of fascinated onlookers

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Someone who watches something happening but is not involved in it

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The building was demolished before a crowd of nearly 200 onlookers.

noun

Someone who is going past a particular place, especially when something unusual happens

Usage examples:

The gunmen opened fire, killing a policeman and a passer-by.

verb

Turn one's head to stare at something in a foolish manner.

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A passer-by rubbernecking at the accident scene

noun

A person who rubbernecks.

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And as a result, i guess i'm just kind of a rubberneck.

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A person who looks at something in a stupid way, especially a driver who drives more slowly to look at an accident

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A person who goes sightseeing.

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Hordes of sightseers

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Someone who visits interesting places

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A person who watches at a show, game, or other event.

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Around fifteen thousand spectators came to watch the thrills and spills

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A person who looks at or inspects something.

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The viewer of paintings or sculpture

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Someone who watches a particular tv broadcast or series of broadcasts, esp. regularly

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Millions of viewers watch the super bowl on tv every year.

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Someone who watches a television programme

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The ads were designed to appeal to viewers of home improvement shows., attract/bring in/draw viewer…

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A person who observes something attentively or regularly.

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A badger-watcher

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Someone who is interested in the developments and changes of a particular thing

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But the real growth, industry watchers say, will come in the corporate and personal jet sector.

noun

A person who sees an event, typically a crime or accident, take place.

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Police are appealing for witnesses to the accident

verb

See (an event, typically a crime or accident) happen.

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Staff who witnessed the murder

noun

A person who sees an event happening, esp. a crime or an accident

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[ c ] according to witnesses, the car used in the robbery was a green van with pennsylvania license…