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ob·serv·er
(əb-zûr′vər)n.
1. One who observes: an observer of local customs; observers of religious holidays.
2. One who is sent to observe and report on events or proceedings without directly participating in them.
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.
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
ob•serv•er
(əbˈzɜr vər)n.
1. someone or something that observes.
2. a delegate to an assembly or gathering, who is sent to observe and report but not to take part officially in its activities.
[1545–55]
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.
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| Noun | 1. |  observer - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the sensesindividual, 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 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 |
| 2. |  observer - an expert who observes and comments on somethingexpert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully annotator - a commentator who writes notes to a text |
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]
"I am a camera with its shutter open, quite passive, recording, not thinking" [Christopher Isherwood Goodbye to Berlin]
observer
nounTranslations
مُراقِبمُرَاقِبٌّ
pozorovatelpřihlížející
observatør
tarkkailija
promatrač
athugandi, skoîandi
観察者
관찰자
observatör
ผู้สังเกตการณ์
quan sát viên
observer
[əbˈzɜːrvər] n (= 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.
Political observers believe that a decision may be announced shortly → Les observateurs politiques pensent qu'une décision pourrait être annoncée prochainement.
observer
observer
[əbˈzɜːvəʳ] n → osservatore/triceobserve
(əbˈzəːv) verb1. to notice. I observed her late arrival.
2. to watch carefully. She observed his actions with interest.
3. to obey. We must observe the rules.
4. to make a remark. `It's a lovely day', he observed.
obˈservance noun1. the act of obeying rules etc. the observance of the law.
2. the act of observing (a tradition etc). the observance of religious holidays.
obˈservant adjective quick to notice. An observant boy remembered the car's registration number.
ˌobserˈvation (ob-) noun1. the act of noticing or watching. She is in hospital for observation.
2. a remark.
obˈservatory – plural obˈservatories – noun a place for observing and studying the stars, weather etc.
obˈserver noun a person who observes.