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Verb observe has 9 senses
- detect, observe, find, discover, notice - discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
--1 is one way to sight
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- note, observe, mention, remark - make mention of; "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"
--2 is one way to state, say, tell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- note, take note, observe - observe with care or pay close attention to; "Take note of this chemical reaction"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- observe - watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"
--4 is one way to watch
Sample sentence:
The customs agents observe the bags for drugs
- respect, honor, honour, abide by, observe - show respect towards; "honor your parents!"
--5 is one way to accept
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- observe, celebrate, keep - celebrate, as of holidays or rites; "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
--7 is one way to check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
Sample sentence:
The children observe the ball
- observe, keep, maintain - observe correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- observe, keep - conform one's action or practice to; "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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