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"word": "observant"
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"word": "observation"
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"word": "observatory"
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"word": "observe the Sabbath"
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ser- (guard)"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
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"2": "frm",
"3": "observer"
},
"expansion": "Middle French observer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "observer"
},
"expansion": "Old French observer",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "observō",
"4": "",
"5": "to watch"
},
"expansion": "Latin observō (“to watch”)",
"name": "der"
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "ob-",
"3": "",
"4": "before"
},
"expansion": "ob- (“before”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "servō",
"3": "",
"4": "to keep"
},
"expansion": "servō (“to keep”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ser-",
"4": "",
"5": "to guard"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰",
"3": "",
"4": "weapons, armour"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sarwa, “weapons, armour”)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "searu",
"3": "",
"4": "device"
},
"expansion": "Old English searu (“device”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle French observer, from Old French observer, from Latin observō (“to watch”), from ob- (“before”) + servō (“to keep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to guard”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐍂𐍅𐌰 (sarwa, “weapons, armour”), Old English searu (“device”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "observes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "observing",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "observed",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "observed",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "observe (third-person singular simple present observes, present participle observing, simple past and past participle observed)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ob‧serve"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "From this vantage point we can observe the behavior of the animals in their natural habitat.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "She got up before dawn to observe the lunar eclipse.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb",
"text": "“One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 29, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 114",
"text": "An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex. The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail."
],
"id": "en-observe-en-verb-DarO4OXa",
"links": [
[
"notice",
"notice"
],
[
"view",
"view"
],
[
"careful",
"careful"
],
[
"detail",
"detail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ase",
"lang": "American Sign Language",
"note": "V@CenterNosehigh-FingerForward-V@CenterChinhigh-FingerForward V@FromCenterNosehigh-FingerForward-V@FromCenterNosehigh-FingerForward",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "lāḥaẓa",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "لَاحَظَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rāqaba",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "رَاقَبَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ditel",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "դիտել"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nazirácʹ",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "назiра́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "nahljadácʹ",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нагляда́ць"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "nabljudávam",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наблюда́вам"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "觀察"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "guānchá",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "观察"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pozorovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "betragte"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "iagttage"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observere"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "opmerken"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "egy",
"lang": "Egyptian",
"roman": "gmḥ",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "gm-m-H-ir"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observi"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "vaatlema"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "havainnoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observoida"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observer"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "remarquer"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "osservâ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "beobachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gakunnan",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "paratiró",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "παρατηρώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "horáō",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"participle",
"with-accusative"
],
"word": "ὁράω"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "gn",
"lang": "Guaraní",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "ma'ẽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "mba",
"lang": "Higaonon",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "panid-an"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "észlel"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "észrevesz"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "megfigyel"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "skoða"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "osservare"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"alt": "かんさつする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kansatsu suru",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "観察する"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gwanchalhada",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "관찰하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "lld",
"lang": "Ladin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "usserver"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ltg",
"lang": "Latgalian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "tiemēt"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observo"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "specto"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "inspicio"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "considero"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "video"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "specio"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "speculor"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "aspecto"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "animadverto"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "vērot"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "nabljuduva",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "набљудува"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "tinjau"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "perhati"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observere"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observere"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mošâhade kardan",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "مشاهده کردن"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "nepâhidan",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "نپاهیدن"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "obserwować"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaobserwować"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "ver"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "verificar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "olhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "reparar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "qhaway"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observa"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nabljudátʹ",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "наблюда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "paśyati",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "पश्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "прома́трати"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Croatia",
"Cyrillic",
"perfective"
],
"word": "промо̀трити"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "осма́трати"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"roman": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"Montenegro",
"Serbia",
"perfective"
],
"word": "осмо̀трити"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "promátrati"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Croatia",
"Roman",
"perfective"
],
"word": "promòtriti"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"imperfective"
],
"word": "osmátrati"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"Montenegro",
"Roman",
"Serbia",
"perfective"
],
"word": "osmòtriti (Bosnia and Herzegovina)"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pozorovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opazovati"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "woglědowaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "woglědaś"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observar"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "observera"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "iaktta"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pariśīliñcu",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "పరిశీలించు"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sǎng-gèet",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "สังเกต"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "yärp-"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "ḥdy",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"word": "𐎈𐎄𐎊"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sposteriháty",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "спостеріга́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nahljadáty",
"sense": "to notice, to watch — see also notice",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "нагляда́ти"
},
{
"_dis1": "60 8 26 6",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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