Observation

Noun

 * 1) The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.
 * 2) The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.
 * 3) A remark or comment.
 * 4) A judgement based on observing.

Derived terms

 * observation car

Related terms

 * observance
 * observant
 * observatory
 * observe
 * observer

Adjectives for Observation
necessary; specific; dispassionate; punctilious; silent; unaided; personal; quiet; continued; searching; accurate; direct; common; shrewd; watchful; pertinent; judicious; questioning; satirical; surface; natural; homely; penetrating; insignificant; detached; outward; celestial; phrenological; objective; tentative; cursory; august; trifling; encouraging; friendly; consistent; curious; delicate; loving; sufficient; extensive; facetious; astronomical; glib; unlimited; minute; childish; conflicting (pi); discrimmating; detailed; mere; abstract; meridional; restless; wondrous; quiet; sundry (pi); original; loose; vague; keen; assiduous; controlled; humorous; insufficient; subsequent; faulty; practiced; meteorological; disconcerted.

Verbs for Observation
bias—; bolster—; confirm—; elude—; enlarge—s; escape—; exchange—s; guide—s; offer—; record—s; report—; resume—; shun—; voice—; —authenticates; —confirms; —discloses; —reveals; —shocks; — stuns.

Thesaurus
Parthian shot, accordance, acquittal, acquittance, address, adherence, advertence, advertency, affirmation, alertness, allegation, announcement, answer, apostrophe, apprehension, assertion, assiduity, assiduousness, assumption, attention, attention span, attentiveness, attitude, averment, awareness, bugging, care, carrying out, climate of opinion, cloak-and-dagger work, cognizance, comment, commentary, common belief, community sentiment, compliance, conceit, concentration, concept, conception, conclusion, conformance, conformity, consciousness, consensus gentium, consideration, counterespionage, counterintelligence, crack, criticism, declaration, dictum, diligence, discharge, discovery, ear, earnestness, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, estimate, estimation, ethos, examination, exclamation, execution, expression, eye, fancy, feeling, following, fulfillment, general belief, greeting, heed, heedfulness, heeding, idea, image, imago, impression, inspection, intellectual object, intelligence, intelligence work, intentiveness, intentness, interjection, judgment, keeping, lights, looking, lookout, mark, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mention, military intelligence, mind, mindfulness, mystique, note, notice, notion, obiter dictum, observance, opinion, perception, performance, personal judgment, phrase, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, practice, presumption, prevailing belief, proclamation, pronouncement, public belief, public opinion, question, reaction, recept, reflection, regard, regardfulness, remark, representation, respect, satisfaction, say, saying, scrutiny, secret police, secret service, sentence, sentiment, shadowing, sight, spying, stakeout, stance, statement, subjoinder, supposition, surveillance, survey, tailing, theory, thinking, thought, trailing, utterance, view, viewing, watch, watching, way of thinking, wiretap, wiretapping, witnessing, word

Etymology
From observatio:

Translations

 * Catalan: observació
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 * Telugu: పరిశీలన (pariSIlana)
 * Turkish:


 * Catalan: registre, anotació
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 * Romanian:, observare
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 * Catalan: observació, comentari
 * Dutch: ,
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 * Japanese: 論評,


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 * Finnish: ,
 * Japanese: 観察結果


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 * : observatie