"obs" meaning in All languages combined

See obs on Wiktionary

Adjective [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|adjective}} obs
  1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful Tags: predicative
    Sense id: en-obs-da-adj-Yceg6ZEQ

Proper name [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|proper noun|||g=|head=}} obs, {{da-proper noun}} obs
  1. acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet
    Sense id: en-obs-da-name-1YNH2fdw

Verb [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|verb}} obs
  1. abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: observér (extra: nota bene)
    Sense id: en-obs-da-verb-c~fAH8cU Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Danish entries with incorrect language header: 14 37 48

Adjective [English]

Forms: obs. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} obs
  1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of obsolete. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: obsolete
    Sense id: en-obs-en-adj-J9cibo0H Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective [English]

Forms: obs. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} obs
  1. Clipping of observed. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: observed
    Sense id: en-obs-en-adj-OPAhUnao Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: obs. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} obs (uncountable)
  1. (law enforcement, slang) Police observation. Tags: slang, uncountable Synonyms: obbo
    Sense id: en-obs-en-noun-BXUsTUNV Categories (other): Law enforcement Topics: government, law-enforcement
  2. An observation hut. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-obs-en-noun-rHoxyDm1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 9 13 62 4 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 0 6 6 4 4 10 42 3 4 3 4 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 8 7 2 2 10 49 2 2 1 2 13 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 8 15 62 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: obs. [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} obs pl (plural only)
  1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc). Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-obs-en-noun-sxqCddwz Categories (other): Medicine Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: obs. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} obs
  1. plural of ob Tags: form-of, plural Form of: ob Related terms: obs and gynae (english: etymologically unrelated)
    Sense id: en-obs-en-noun-1HGOAMFk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Contraction [German]

IPA: /ɔps/ Audio: De-obs.ogg
Etymology: ob + es Etymology templates: {{compound|de|ob|es}} ob + es Head templates: {{head|de|contraction}} obs
  1. (chiefly colloquial or dated) alternative spelling of ob's Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, contraction, dated Alternative form of: ob's
    Sense id: en-obs-de-contraction-JsBrSB--
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [German]

IPA: /ɔps/ Audio: De-obs.ogg
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|de|verb form}} obs
  1. singular imperative of obsen Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: obsen
    Sense id: en-obs-de-verb-SzfED5~6
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen Tags: colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: obsen
    Sense id: en-obs-de-verb-BIAxxF1b Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 13 28 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Adjective [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /ɔps/, /ʊps/ Forms: obs [plural, singular]
Etymology: Clipping of observant. Etymology templates: {{clipping|nn|observant}} Clipping of observant Head templates: {{nn-adj-3|non-comp}} obs (singular and plural obs)
  1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful Tags: predicative

Verb [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|verb}} obs
  1. abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: observera (extra: nota bene)
    Sense id: en-obs-sv-verb-nFnAXXlt Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Pronoun [Volapük]

Head templates: {{head|vo|pronoun}} obs
  1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)

Alternative forms

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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 6 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Volapük entries with incorrect language header",
        "Volapük lemmas",
        "Volapük pronouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "we",
          "we"
        ],
        [
          "ob",
          "ob#Volapük"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "obs"
}

Download raw JSONL data for obs meaning in All languages combined (12.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_description/20250107",
  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "obs"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "obs",
  "trace": ""
}

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