bystander

«bystander» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who is near when something happens, especially… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a bystander, bystanders)

meaning for a pupil

A bystander is a person who is near when something happens, especially an accident, a fight or bullying, but is not part of it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In social and safety lessons pupils learn about bystanders of bullying: a bystander can choose to be an «upstander» and help, by telling an adult, comforting the person or not joining in. In first aid, a bystander can call an ambulance or help until help arrives. In news: «innocent bystanders» are people who got hurt by chance.

examples

• A bystander called the ambulance. tree →
• Don't just be a bystander when someone is being bullied — tell a teacher. tree →
• Several bystanders saw the accident. tree →
• An innocent bystander was hurt by the falling sign. tree →
• A bystander who helps is called an upstander. tree →
• The bystanders cheered when the cat was rescued. tree →
• Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. tree →

note

Countable: a bystander, bystanders. One word from «by» + «stander». Watching and laughing at bullying is not being neutral: it can make the bully feel supported.

In the corpora

• Bystanders, the people who see bullying happen, help the bully if they join in or laugh.
• Bystanders help most by not cheering and by walking away too.
• When a fight starts, the most helpful thing a bystander can do is get an adult, not watch or cheer.
• Bystanders have lots of better jobs.
• A bystander is someone who sees something happening to other people.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «bystander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.