spotter

«spotter» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who watches out for something, especially as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a spotter, spotters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A spotter is a person who watches out for something, especially as a hobby: a train spotter, a bird spotter, a plane spotter. tree →

2) (sport) In gym and weightlifting, a spotter stands by to catch you or help if you lose control. tree →

3) A spotter is someone who watches for danger or for an enemy and reports it, like a fire spotter or an aircraft spotter in wartime. tree →

sense in the lessons

In PE, gymnastics and trampolining, spotters keep others safe; that is a safety rule. Train spotters in the UK note down train numbers as a hobby. In history lessons, wartime spotters watched the sky for enemy planes. In storm chasing, weather spotters report tornadoes and storms.

examples

• Grandpa has been a train spotter since he was a boy. tree →
• A spotter stood beside the trampoline. tree →
• Never lift heavy weights without a spotter. tree →
• Bird spotters waited quietly in the hide. tree →
• In the war, spotters on rooftops watched for enemy planes. tree →
• Weather spotters reported the tornado. tree →
• The talent spotter asked the girl to join the football academy. tree →

note

Countable: spotters. "Trainspotter" is sometimes used in the UK as a mild joke for someone who loves collecting small facts. Related verb: spot (to notice).

In the corpora

• That is AI at its best: a patient pattern-spotter helping people do something they could not do alone.

Trees and pragmatics

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