observationnoun
uk/ˌɒb.zəˈveɪ.ʃən/us/ˌɑːb.zɚˈveɪ.ʃən/observation noun (WATCHING)
B2 [ U ] the act of observing something or someone:
close observation of nature/human nature/animal behaviour
The police are keeping the suspect under observation.
She was admitted to hospital for observation (= so that doctors could watch her and see if anything was wrong with her).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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observation noun (NOTICING)
B2 [ U ] the fact that you notice or see something:
She has remarkable powers of observation (= is very good at noticing things).
C1 [ C ] formal a remark about something that you have noticed:
The book is full of interesting observations on/about the nature of musical composition.
May I make an observation?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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