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Definition of spectate verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spectate

verb
 
/spekˈteɪt/
 
/spekˈteɪt/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they spectate
 
/spekˈteɪt/
 
/spekˈteɪt/
he / she / it spectates
 
/spekˈteɪts/
 
/spekˈteɪts/
past simple spectated
 
/spekˈteɪtɪd/
 
/spekˈteɪtɪd/
past participle spectated
 
/spekˈteɪtɪd/
 
/spekˈteɪtɪd/
-ing form spectating
 
/spekˈteɪtɪŋ/
 
/spekˈteɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to watch something, especially a sports event
    Word Originearly 18th cent.: back-formation from spectator.
See spectate in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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