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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:
- 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: ,
- 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
/ ˌɒəˈɪʃə /
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
- ˌDzˈپDzԲ, adjective
- ˌDzˈپDzԲly, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDzo··tDz noun
- o··tDz noun
- o··tDz noun
- -Dzȴ·tDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of observation1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Fans of Nunez’s tartly discursive yet flowing novel will likely miss the snap of its critical observations on literary mind-sets and whatnot.
Webb's infrared observations also helped to narrow the estimate of the asteroid's size to be between 53-67 meters - about the size of a 10-storey building.
The fact that even recent research on the impact of International Dark Sky Places on light pollution relies on observations made from orbiting satellites should make the point.
Lutnick’s observation gained instant meme status on social media, along with his woolly assertions about government spending not having anything to do with inflation, and enhanced his stature as the Trump Cabinet’s outstanding horse’s patootie.
Logsdon doesn’t have the answer to that, but points to an observation made by one of the scholars in “Free for All.”
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