spectate
/spɛkˈteɪt/US/ˈspɛkteɪt/
spectate verb: to attend an event as a spectator; to observe.
Verb
spectate (third-person singular simple present spectates, present participle spectating, simple past and past participle spectated)
spectate meaning in Sanskrit
spectate in Sanskrit
- attend an event as a spectator
- पश्यति paśyati
Forms of spectate
| third-person singular present | spectates |
|---|---|
| present participle | spectating |
| past participle | spectated |
| past | spectated |
Origin of spectate
Back-formation from spectator.
Words that rhyme with spectate
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- mate
- late
- bate
- create
- date
- relate
- vibrate
- wait
- deflate
- fate
- migrate
- rebate
- rotate
- strait
- supererogate
- translocate
- await
- eight
- freight
- skate
- alternate
- collate
- debate
- inflate
- sedate
- update
- compensate
- delate
- dilate
- fixate
- grate
- Haight
- hate
- implicate
- innate
- intercalate
- locate
- mandate
- negate
- overweight
- pinnate
- quadrate
- tate
- vacate
- aerate
- calibrate
- castrate
- conflate
Questions about spectate
- What does spectate mean?
- Spectate means to attend an event as a spectator; to observe.
- What is spectate in Sanskrit?
- Spectate in Sanskrit is पश्यति (paśyati). See Spectate meaning in Sanskrit.
- What part of speech is spectate?
- Spectate is a verb.
- How do you pronounce spectate?
- Spectate is pronounced /spɛkˈteɪt/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of spectate?
- The past tense of spectate is spectated.
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