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zɜrˈveɪ noun
1.
an act or instance of noticing or perceiving.
2.
an act or instance of regarding attentively or watching.
3.
the faculty or habit of observing or noticing.
4.
notice: to escape a person's observation.
5.
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.
6.
the information or record secured by such an act.
7.
something that is learned in the course of observing things: My observation is that such clouds mean a storm.
8.
a remark, comment, or statement based on what one has noticed or observed.
9.
the condition of being observed.
10.
Navigation.
a.
the measurement of the altitude or azimuth of a heavenly body for navigational purposes.
b.
the information obtained by such a measurement.
11.
Obsolete. observance, as of the law.
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World English Dictionary
observation (ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of observing or the state of being observed |
| 2. | a comment or remark |
| 3. | detailed examination of phenomena prior to analysis, diagnosis, or interpretation: the patient was under observation |
| 4. | the facts learned from observing |
| 5. | an obsolete word for observance |
| 6. | nautical |
| a. a sight taken with an instrument to determine the position of an observer relative to that of a given heavenly body | |
| b. the data so taken | |
| obser'vational | |
| —adj | |
| obser'vationally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
observation
late 14c., from L. observationem (nom. observatio) "a watching over," from observatus, pp. of observare (see observe). Meaning "a remark in reference to something observed" first recorded 1590s.
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Example sentences
Even sleep provides me with another opportunity to conceptualize an observation.
Radar works by recording radio waves that have been reflected from the object under observation.
Puzzled by this observation, he went on to check it elsewhere.
In my observation, younger guys grow beards to look older and more mature.
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