Observe
verb
To watch someone or something carefully.
He observed her studying in the library
Often appears as...
- observe behaviour
- observe changes
verb
To notice or detect something.
She observed a red mark on his arm
Often appears as...
- observe a difference
- observe results
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To comment or remark on something.
He observed that the weather was changing
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- observe that
- casually observe
verb
To obey or follow something such as a rule, tradition, or law.
He was observed following the speed limit
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- strictly observe
- observe rules
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To celebrate or acknowledge a special day or event.
They observed their anniversary with a party
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- observe a holiday
- observe a tradition
verb
To watch someone or something carefully.
He observed her studying in the library
Often appears as...
- observe behaviour
- observe changes
verb
To notice or detect something.
She observed a red mark on his arm
Often appears as...
- observe a difference
- observe results
verb
To comment or remark on something.
He observed that the weather was changing
Often appears as...
- observe that
- casually observe
verb
To obey or follow something such as a rule, tradition, or law.
He was observed following the speed limit
Often appears as...
- strictly observe
- observe rules
verb
To celebrate or acknowledge a special day or event.
They observed their anniversary with a party
Often appears as...
- observe a holiday
- observe a tradition
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Attention to Detail
Use when details are crucial, like behavior, or subtle changes that are important to note.
The detective observed every move of the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Passive Watching
Implies actively watching with focus, not just glancing or seeing casually.
In the experiment, we must observe the chemical reaction closely.
Pro Tip 1/2Attention to Detail
Use when details are crucial, like behavior, or subtle changes that are important to note.
The detective observed every move of the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Passive Watching
Implies actively watching with focus, not just glancing or seeing casually.
In the experiment, we must observe the chemical reaction closely.
Pro Tip 1/2Attention to Detail
Use when details are crucial, like behavior, or subtle changes that are important to note.
The detective observed every move of the suspect.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Passive Watching
Implies actively watching with focus, not just glancing or seeing casually.
In the experiment, we must observe the chemical reaction closely.
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How playing an...
each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and rhythm,
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Sharks in Love PIPE...
close-ups here in the lagoon but what about the bigger picture how much mating occurs in the places they can observe in the vast area outside the study site well that's a job for critter cam this is an animal that's lives in deeper water it's long lived we can't follow it we don't have the
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An inside look at...
nurture and this is how we grow up observing and absorbing from our parents and from our societies around us but as we come as we become more self-aware certain things start to pop up in our lives that we become interested in so whether it's geopolitics or the idea of
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Why the buildings of the...
no one client anymore. It means that no building is too small for innovation, like this little reindeer pavilion that's as muscly and sinewy as the animals it's designed to observe. And it means that a building doesn't have to be beautiful to be lovable,
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How to recognize a...
The results were real-world dystopias where life passed under the watchful eye of the State and death came with ruthless efficiency to any who didn't belong. Many writers of the time didn't just observe these horrors, but lived through them.
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How Do Cats Use Their...
John's trying to observe the cat's whiskers as they move forward into the attack position. Let's just take the toy away for a second and let's Can we have a look at what we've just taken? Okay, so here we go.
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work. These paintings give us a sense of intimacy while retaining their distance,
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Questions No One Knows...
a number so vast that if every atom in our observable universe had its own universe, and all of the atoms in all those universes each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles,
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How to practice...
and putting your cell phone on airplane mode. In one study, researchers observed 260 students studying. On average, those students were able to stay on task for only six minutes at a time.
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Why do cats act so...
and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today.
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How playing an...
each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound, took it apart to understand elements like melody and rhythm,
Video examples
Sharks in Love PIPE...
close-ups here in the lagoon but what about the bigger picture how much mating occurs in the places they can observe in the vast area outside the study site well that's a job for critter cam this is an animal that's lives in deeper water it's long lived we can't follow it we don't have the
Video examples
An inside look at...
nurture and this is how we grow up observing and absorbing from our parents and from our societies around us but as we come as we become more self-aware certain things start to pop up in our lives that we become interested in so whether it's geopolitics or the idea of
Video examples
Why the buildings of the...
no one client anymore. It means that no building is too small for innovation, like this little reindeer pavilion that's as muscly and sinewy as the animals it's designed to observe. And it means that a building doesn't have to be beautiful to be lovable,
Video examples
How to recognize a...
The results were real-world dystopias where life passed under the watchful eye of the State and death came with ruthless efficiency to any who didn't belong. Many writers of the time didn't just observe these horrors, but lived through them.
Video examples
How Do Cats Use Their...
John's trying to observe the cat's whiskers as they move forward into the attack position. Let's just take the toy away for a second and let's Can we have a look at what we've just taken? Okay, so here we go.
Video examples
Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
that we observe from afar in many of Vermeer's paintings. A girl reading a letter. A piano lesson. A portrait artist at work. These paintings give us a sense of intimacy while retaining their distance,
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Questions No One Knows...
a number so vast that if every atom in our observable universe had its own universe, and all of the atoms in all those universes each had their own universe, and you repeated that for two more cycles,
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How to practice...
and putting your cell phone on airplane mode. In one study, researchers observed 260 students studying. On average, those students were able to stay on task for only six minutes at a time.
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Why do cats act so...
and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
You can observe a lot by watching.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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Confucius
Chinese Philosopher
Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.
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Julius Caesar
Roman Leader
If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
If I'd observed all the rules, I'd never have got anywhere.
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Yogi Berra
American Baseball Player
You can observe a lot by watching.
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