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Word: Observe
Speech Type: Verb
late Middle English (in observe (sense 3)): from Old French observer, from Latin observare ‘to watch’, from ob- ‘towards’ + servare ‘attend to, look at’
əbˈzəːv
notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant
Short Definition:notice and register as significant
Examples:- she observed that all the chairs were already occupied
make a remark
Short Definition:make remark
Examples:- ‘It's chilly,’ she observed
- a stockbroker once observed that dealers live and work in hell
fulfil or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation)
Short Definition:fulfil or comply with obligation
Examples:- a tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice
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