looker
noun (lookers; lookers-on)
Everyday
A looker is a person who watches something without taking part; a looker-on is the same. tree →
In the lessons
in stories, the crowd who watch a hero's deed but do not join in
Examples
- The lookers cheered when the boy won the race. tree →
- Lookers-on stood at the edge of the square. tree →
- Only the lookers waited to see what would happen. tree →
Note
nothing for maths; a count of lookers counts the people watching, not those taking part.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «looker» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «looker» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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