observer

ob·serv·er  (b-zûrvr)

n.

1. One that observes: an observer of local customs; observers of religious holidays.

2. A delegate sent to observe and report on the proceedings of an assembly or a meeting but not vote or otherwise participate.

3.

a. A crew member on a military aircraft who makes observations.

b. A member of an armed force who watches and reports from an observation post.

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observer [əbˈzɜːvə]

n

1. a person or thing that observes

2. a person who attends a conference solely to note the proceedings

3. (Military) a person trained to identify aircraft, esp, formerly, a member of an aircrew

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observer

• camera lucida - An optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it.
• horoscope - Comes from Greek hora, "hour, time," and skopos, "observer."
• obverse - Its first meaning was "turned towards or facing the observer."
• zenith, nadir - Zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras, "the way or road above one's head"; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	observer - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses beholder, perceiver, percipient individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" eyeglass wearer - a person who wears spectacles in order to see better discoverer, finder, spotter - someone who is the first to observe something attender, auditor, hearer, listener - someone who listens attentively audile - one whose mental imagery is auditory rather than visual or motor motile - one whose prevailing mental imagery takes the form of inner feelings of action noticer - someone who takes notice; "a careful noticer of details" seer - an observer who perceives visually; "an incurable seer of movies" looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star" visualiser, visualizer - one whose prevailing mental imagery is visual witness, witnesser, informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened
	2.	observer - an expert who observes and comments on something commentator expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully annotator - a commentator who writes notes to a text

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observer

noun

1. witness, viewer, spectator, looker-on, watcher, onlooker, eyewitness, bystander, spotter, fly on the wall, beholder A casual observer would have assumed they were lovers.

2. commentator, commenter, reporter, special correspondent Political observers believe there may be a general election soon.

3. monitor, inspector, watchdog, supervisor, overseer, scrutineer A UN observer should attend the conference.

Quotations
"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking" [Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin]

Translations

observer [əbˈzɜːvəʳ] N → observador(a) m/f

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observer [əbˈzɜː^rvə^r] n

(= onlooker) → observateur/trice m/f
a casual observer → un observateur superficiel

(= expert) → observateur/trice m/f
Political observers believe that a decision may be announced shortly → Les observateurs politiques pensent qu'une décision pourrait être annoncée prochainement.

(= witness) → témoin m
Observers say the woman stabbed him → Les témoins disent que la femme l'a poignardé.

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observer

n (= watcher) → Zuschauer(in) m(f); (Mil, Aviat, Pol) → Beobachter(in) m(f)

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observer [əbˈzɜːvəʳ] n → osservatore/trice

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observer → مراقب přihlížející observatør Beobachter παρατηρητής observador tarkkailija observateur promatrač osservatore 観察者 관찰자 observator observatør obserwator observador наблюдатель observatör ผู้สังเกตุการณ์ gözlemci quan sát viên 观察者