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# observation

«observation» in Mova's school dictionary: **watching something carefully to learn about it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an observation, observations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Observation is watching something carefully to learn about it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#m1)

2) An observation is something you noticed or recorded, often in science. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#m2)

3) An observation is a remark or comment about something you noticed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#m3)

4) Under observation means being watched carefully, for example by doctors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons observation is a key skill: pupils record observations in tables, notes and drawings during experiments. In everyday life a patient may be kept under observation. Phrases: make an observation, record observations, under observation, powers of observation, observation post.

### examples

- Write down your observations in the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x1)
- Observation of the birds showed they came every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x2)
- My observation is that the ice melted faster in the sun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x3)
- The doctor kept her under observation overnight. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x4)
- She has great powers of observation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x5)
- Our observation lasted ten minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x6)
- That's an interesting observation, Jack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x7)
- We made 12 observations, one every 5 minutes, so the test lasted an hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x8)
- He always coughed before he made any observation, so as to attract attention. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/#x9)

### note

Starts with a vowel: "an observation". Verb: observe. Adjective: observant (good at noticing). Trap: an observation is what you see; a conclusion is what you decide from it.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «observation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.