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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•ser•va•tion /ˌɑbzɜrˈveɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] an act or instance of watching attentively.
- the ability or habit of observing or noticing things:[uncountable]powers of observation.
- an act or instance of watching carefully or noting something for a scientific or other special purpose: [countable]a classroom observation of a teacher by the headmaster.[uncountable* under + ~]to keep the patient under observation until he recovers.
- a judgment made on the basis of what one has observed:[countable]He shared her observations on how people behaved.
- [countable] a remark;
comment.
See -serv-2. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ob•ser•va•tion (ob′zûr vā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- 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.
- the condition of being observed.
- [Navig.]
- Naval Termsthe measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes.
- Naval Termsthe information obtained by such a measurement.
- [Obs.]observance, as of the law.
- Latin observātiōn- (stem of observātiō), equivalent. to observāt(us) (past participle of observāre to observe) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1350–1400
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged attention.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged pronouncement, opinion. See remark.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: observation /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃən/ n - 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
- 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
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