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Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. to observe

    To take a bearing or a celestial observation.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. to observe

    To watch closely, etc. Hence, to observe the motions of an enemy, is to keep a good lookout by means of small corps of armed men, or of intelligent and steady spies and scouts, and to be constantly in possession of information regarding his different movements.

Editors Contribution

  1. To observeverb

    Action form of the word observe

    To observe children play and listen to them is a true gift in life, they are so beautiful, kind and wise


    Submitted by MaryC on February 7, 2021  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of to observe in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of to observe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of to observe in a Sentence

  1. Avni Joshi:

    There is hope that smoking cessation will help improve asthma symptoms and health care utilization even after any duration or extent of second-hand tobacco exposure, in addition, children learn from parental behavior and they are less likely to start smoking themselves if they do not observe parental tobacco use.

  2. Anonymous:

    If for a tranquil mind you seek, These things observe with care: Of whom you speak, to whom you speak, And how, and when and where.

  3. Lisa Haisha:

    The best way to work through the noise and fiction of our Imposters is to STOP for a moment and get quiet inside, OBSERVE them, UNDERSTAND the fears and anxieties behind their chatter, and LIBERATE ourselves from them.

  4. Maria Montessori:

    The teacher must derive not only the capacity, but the desire, to observe natural phenomena. The teacher must understand and feel her position of observer the activity must lie in the phenomenon.

  5. Australian Aboriginal Proverb:

    We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home.

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