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observation
[ ob-zur-vey-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
- an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching.
- the faculty or habit of observing or noticing.
Synonyms: attention
- notice:
to escape a person's observation.
- an act or instance of viewing or noting a fact or occurrence for some scientific or other special purpose:
the observation of blood pressure under stress.
- the information or record secured by such an act.
- something that is learned in the course of observing things:
My observation is that such clouds mean a storm.
- a remark, comment, or statement based on what one has noticed or observed.
Synonyms: opinion, pronouncement
- the condition of being observed.
- Navigation.
- the measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes.
- the information obtained by such a measurement.
- Obsolete. observance, as of the law.
observation
/ ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃən /
noun
- the act of observing or the state of being observed
- a comment or remark
- detailed examination of phenomena prior to analysis, diagnosis, or interpretation
the patient was under observation
- the facts learned from observing
- an obsolete word for observance
- nautical
- a sight taken with an instrument to determine the position of an observer relative to that of a given heavenly body
- the data so taken
Derived Forms
- ˌobserˈvational, adjective
- ˌobserˈvationally, adverb
Other Words From
- nonob·ser·vation noun
- preob·ser·vation noun
- reob·ser·vation noun
- self-obser·vation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of observation1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The Mercury Prize judges said the band's "winning lyrical mix of surrealism and social observation... displays a fresh approach to the traditional guitar band format".
His agent Jonny Geller remembered him as a "true gentleman" whose "social commentary, meditations on mortality and laugh-out-loud observations make him a worthy addition to the pantheon of great English comic writers".
“The best observations are made with just your eyes, which offer great CinemaScope viewing,” Krupp said.
Yamamoto was extremely well-liked on the Orix Buffaloes, and the team’s players and staffers were very open to sharing stories and observations about him.
Throughout the decades, numerous observations of how dust, gas, and ripples in the cosmic microwave background, or the leftover radiation from the primordial plasma of the universe, moved indicated that dark matter exists.
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