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Definition of Observe
1. Verb. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. "We found traces of lead in the paint"
Specialized synonyms: Catch Out, Find Out, Sense, Instantiate, Trace, See
Related verbs: Discover, Find
Generic synonyms: Sight, Spy
Derivative terms: Detecting, Detection, Detector, Detector, Discoverer, Discovery, Discovery, Discovery, Find, Finder, Finding, Finding, Notice, Observable, Observance, Observant, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer
2. Verb. Make mention of. "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"
Generic synonyms: Say, State, Tell
Specialized synonyms: Comment, Notice, Point Out, Remark
Derivative terms: Mention, Mentioner, Note, Observation, Observer, Remark
3. Verb. Observe with care or pay close attention to. "Take note of this chemical reaction"
Entails: Comprehend, Perceive
Derivative terms: Observable, Observant, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer
4. Verb. Watch attentively. "The customs agents observe the bags for drugs "; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"
Generic synonyms: Watch
Derivative terms: Observable, Observance, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation
5. Verb. Show respect towards. "Honor your parents!"
Generic synonyms: Accept
Specialized synonyms: Celebrate, Lionise, Lionize, Tolerate
Derivative terms: Honorable, Honoring, Respect, Respect, Respect, Respect, Respect, Respecter
Antonyms: Disrespect
6. Verb. Behave as expected during of holidays or rites. "Observe Yom Kippur"
Specialized synonyms: Commemorate, Mark, Mourn, Solemnise, Solemnize
Derivative terms: Celebrant, Celebration, Celebration, Celebration, Celebrator, Observance, Observant
7. Verb. Follow with the eyes or the mind. "The children observe the ball"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
Generic synonyms: Check, Check Into, Check Out, Check Over, Check Up On, Go Over, Look Into, Suss Out
Related verbs: Follow, Trace
Specialized synonyms: Keep Tabs On, Guard, Invigilate, Proctor
Derivative terms: Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observer, Watch
8. Verb. Stick to correctly or closely. "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
Derivative terms: Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation, Observation
9. Verb. Conform one's action or practice to. "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
Specialized synonyms: Make Good
Antonyms: Break
Derivative terms: Keeping, Observance
Definition of Observe
1. v. t. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.
2. v. i. To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.
Definition of Observe
1. Verb. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To follow the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion.) ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To obey a law, rule or custom , comply with. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Observe
1. to look attentively [v -SERVED, -SERVING, -SERVES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Observe
Literary usage of Observe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"Did you not observe how well Miss Arrowpoint shot ? ... Who this stranger was
she did not care much to know; but she wished to observe what was ..."
2. The pilgrim's progress from this world to that which is to come by John Bunyan (1879)
"observe, also, and that with carefulness, what the heavens and the earth do teach
you; but especially be much in the meditation of that Book that was the ..."
3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"by our learned editor, any more than by Grabe and his predecessors, who did not
observe that the old Latin interpreter expressed it so well that he ..."
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