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Word entry · 11 letters

observation

Best crossword clue

"Careful watching"

11 letters · collected on this word page

11 lettersPronunciation /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted abeinoorstvStarts with OEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
1O2B3S4E5R6V7A8T9I10O11N

Definitions

  1. the act of observing; taking a patient look

Word origin

From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observātiō(n-).

Used in a sentence

  • The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
  • That's a foolish observation.
  • To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.

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