| observation | | |
| n. (act) | 1. observation | the act of making and recording a measurement. |
| ~ measurement, measuring, mensuration, measure | the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule.; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate" |
| ~ radio observation | an observation made with a radio telescope. |
| n. (act) | 2. observance, observation, watching | the act of observing; taking a patient look. |
| ~ looking, looking at, look | the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually.; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" |
| ~ monitoring | the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it).; "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times" |
| ~ sighting | the act of observing.; "several sightings of enemy troops were reported" |
| ~ stargazing | observation of the stars. |
| n. (communication) | 3. observation, reflection, reflexion | a remark expressing careful consideration. |
| ~ comment, remark, input | a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information.; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" |
| ~ parkinson's law | C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that the number of subordinates in an organization will increase linearly regardless of the amount of work to be done. |
| ~ parkinson's law | C. Northcote Parkinson's cynical observation that work will expand so as to fill the time available for its completion. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. observation | facts learned by observing.; "he reported his observations to the mayor" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final). |
| n. (cognition) | 5. notice, observance, observation | the act of noticing or paying attention.; "he escaped the notice of the police" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ mind | attention.; "don't pay him any mind" |
| ~ remark | explicit notice.; "it passed without remark" |
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