Observation

//ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩//

Synonyms for "observation" (181 found)

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Closest matches (37)

Noun(1 words)
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Strong matches (54)

Related words (90)

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More general

13 entries

Synonyms

1 entries

Related terms

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derived

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derived from

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is a

4 entries

related to

33 entries

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used for

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Translations

142 translations across 58 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • vrojtim noun (act of observing or being observed)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • σκέψις noun (act of observing or being observed)

Arabic

3 entries
  • رَصْد noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • مُرَاقَبَةٌ noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • مُشَاهَدَة noun (act of observing or being observed)

Armenian

2 entries
  • դիտողություն noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • դիտողություն noun (remark or comment)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • müşahidə noun (act of observing or being observed)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • нагля́д noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • нагляда́нне noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • назіра́нне noun (act of observing or being observed)

Breton

1 entries
  • evezhiadenn noun (remark or comment)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • забележка noun (remark or comment)
  • наблюде́ние noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • наблюдение noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အမှတ်အသား noun (act of observing or being observed)

Catalan

4 entries
  • anotació noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • comentari noun (remark or comment)
  • observació noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observació noun (remark or comment)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • paniid noun (act of observing or being observed)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 觀察 /观察 noun (act of observing or being observed)

Czech

1 entries
  • pozorování noun (act of observing or being observed)

Danish

3 entries
  • bemærkning noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • iagttagelse noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observation noun (act of observing or being observed)

Dutch

4 entries
  • opmerking noun (remark or comment)
  • waarnemen noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • waarneming noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • waarneming noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Estonian

1 entries
  • vaatlus noun (act of observing or being observed)

Finnish

4 entries
  • havainnointi noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • havainto noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • havaitseminen noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • havaituksi tuleminen noun (act of observing or being observed)

French

3 entries
  • observation noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observation noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • remarque noun (remark or comment)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დაკვირვება noun (act of observing or being observed)

German

2 entries
  • Bemerkung noun (remark or comment)
  • Beobachtung noun (act of observing or being observed)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌰𐍄𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (act of observing or being observed)

Greek

1 entries
  • παρατήρηση noun (act of observing or being observed)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • צְפִיָּה noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • תַּצְפִּית noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • תַּצְפִּית noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Hindi

2 entries
  • अवलोकन noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • प्रेक्षण noun (act of observing or being observed)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • megfigyelés noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • megjegyzés noun (remark or comment)

Italian

2 entries
  • osservazione noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • osservazione noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 所見 noun (remark or comment)
  • 観察 noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • 観察 noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • 観察結果 noun (judgement)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • бақылау noun (act of observing or being observed)

Khmer

2 entries
  • គំនន់ noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • វិលោកនៈ noun (act of observing or being observed)

Korean

1 entries
  • 관찰 noun (act of observing or being observed)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • байкоо noun (act of observing or being observed)

Latin

3 entries
  • animadversiō noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • notātiō noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observātiō noun (act of observing or being observed)

Latvian

1 entries
  • novērošana noun (act of observing or being observed)

Lithuanian

3 entries
  • pastaba noun (remark or comment)
  • stebėjimas noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • tirti noun (judgement)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • набљудување noun (act of observing or being observed)

Malay

2 entries
  • pemerhatian noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • pencerapan noun (act of observing or being observed)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • നിരീക്ഷണം noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • നിരീക്ഷണം noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • ажиглалт noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • ᠠᠵᠢᠭᠯᠠᠯᠲᠠ noun (act of observing or being observed)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • observasjon noun (act of observing or being observed)

Persian

3 entries
  • ارصاد noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • مشاهده noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • نپاهش noun (act of observing or being observed)

Polish

4 entries
  • komentarz noun (remark or comment)
  • obserwacja noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • ogląd noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • spostrzeżenie noun (act of observing or being observed)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • comentário noun (remark or comment)
  • observação noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observação noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • observação noun (remark or comment)

Romanian

4 entries
  • observare noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observare noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • observație noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observație noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Russian

3 entries
  • замеча́ние noun (remark or comment)
  • наблюде́ние noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • наблюде́ние noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • opážānje noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • posmatranje noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • опа́жа̄ње noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • посматрање noun (act of observing or being observed)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pozorovanie noun (act of observing or being observed)

Slovene

1 entries
  • opazovanje noun (act of observing or being observed)

Spanish

4 entries
  • anotación noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)
  • comentario noun (remark or comment)
  • juicio noun (judgement)
  • observación noun (act of observing or being observed)

Swedish

4 entries
  • anmärkning noun (remark or comment)
  • iakttagelse noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observation noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • observation noun (recording an event; the record of such noting)

Tajik

1 entries
  • мушоҳида noun (act of observing or being observed)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పరిశీలన noun (act of observing or being observed)

Thai

1 entries
  • การสังเกต noun (act of observing or being observed)

Turkish

1 entries
  • gözlem noun (act of observing or being observed)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • на́гляд noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • нагляда́ння noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • назира́ння noun (act of observing or being observed)
  • спостере́ження noun (act of observing or being observed)

Urdu

1 entries
  • مشاﮩده noun (act of observing or being observed)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • nazorat noun (act of observing or being observed)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự quan sát noun (act of observing or being observed)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָבסערוואַציע noun (act of observing or being observed)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

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Science is based on careful observation.

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Science rests upon observation.

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A good theory is characterized by the fact that it makes a number of predictions that could in principle be disproved or falsified by observation.

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