powers of observation
1observation — noun 1 examination ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, close, detailed ▪ direct, first hand ▪ systematic ▪ casual …
2observation — ob|ser|va|tion W3 [ˌɔbzəˈveıʃən US ˌa:bzər ] n 1.) [U and C] the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time observation of ▪ Bloomfield s approach to linguistics was based on observation of the language. ▪ He spent… …
3observation */*/*/ — UK [ˌɒbzə(r)ˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms observation : singular observation plural observations 1) [uncountable] the process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find something out She s been admitted to… …
4observation — ob|ser|va|tion [ ,abzər veıʃn ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find something out: She s been admitted to the hospital for observation. observation of: a detailed observation of the birds …
5Observation — Observations redirects here. For the travel book, see Observations (Pierre Belon). For other uses, see Observation (disambiguation). Observation is either an activity of a living being, such as a human, consisting of receiving knowledge of the… …
6observation — [[t]ɒ̱bzə(r)ve͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] observations 1) N UNCOUNT Observation is the action or process of carefully watching someone or something. ...careful observation of the movement of the planets... In hospital she ll be under observation all the time.… …
7observation — noun 1 (C, U) the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time: a study based on detailed observation of a group of 20 patients | a result of scientific observation | under observation (=being watched continuously by… …
8observation*/ — [ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [U] the process of watching someone or something carefully in order to find something out She s been admitted to hospital for observation.[/ex] 2) [C] a written or spoken comment about something that you have seen, heard …
9Leonardo da Vinci — /lee euh nahr doh deuh vin chee, lay /; It. /le aw nahrdd daw dah veen chee/. 1452 1519, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, mathematician, and scientist. * * * born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, Republic of Florence died May 2 …
10Italian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Italian language that had its beginnings in the 13th century. Until that time nearly all literary work composed in the Middle Ages was written in Latin. Moreover, it was predominantly… …
