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observe

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See also:observé

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Frenchobserver, fromOld Frenchobserver, fromLatinobservō(“to watch”), fromob-(“before”) +servō(“to keep”), fromProto-Indo-European*ser-(“to guard”). Cognate withGothic𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰(sarwa,“weapons, armour”),Old Englishsearu(“device”).

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observe (third-person singular simple presentobserves,present participleobserving,simple past and past participleobserved)

  1. (transitive) Tonotice orview, especiallycarefully or with attention todetail.
    From this vantage point we canobserve the behavior of the animals in their natural habitat.
    She got up before dawn toobserve the lunar eclipse.
  2. (transitive) Tofollow orobey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
    Pleaseobserve all posted speed limits.
    • 1958, Jacob Viner,The Long View and the Short, page112:
      Some of them have, in fact, given them a theoretical elaboration which for subtlety, refinement, and elegance need make no apologies to the older economics, and which remains faithful to older theorizing in at least one respect, that the tradition of unintelligibility to the layman is scrupulouslyobserved.
    • 2011 November 10, Jeremy Wilson, “England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report”, inTelegraph:
      A sell-out crowd of 10,000 thenobserved perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward.
  3. (transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), tokeep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
  4. (intransitive) Tocomment on something; to make anobservation.
    The senatorobserved that the bill would be detrimental to his constituents.
    • 1907 August,Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, inThe Younger Set, New York, N.Y.:D. Appleton & Company,→OCLC:
      Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶"I never understood it," sheobserved, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney?I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

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Translations

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to notice, to watch—see alsonotice
to follow
to take note of and celebrate
to comment

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Noun

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observe (pluralobserves)

  1. (archaic) Anobservation(remark, comment or judgement).

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observe

  1. inflection ofobserver:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Portuguese

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observe

  1. inflection ofobservar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative

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observe

  1. third-personsingular/pluralpresentsubjunctive ofobserva

Spanish

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Verb

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observe

  1. inflection ofobservar:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentsubjunctive
    2. third-personsingularimperative
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