Definition: 1. To see or notice somebody or something. 2. Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of. 3. Make mention of. 4. Observe with care or pay close attention to. 5. Watch attentively. 6. Show respect towards.
Use 'observe' in a sentence:
1. Imposing speed restrictions is easy, but forcing drivers to observe them is trickier.
2. She observed the gentle movement of his chest as he breathed.
3. Point the camera at a white background, and observe this phenomenon with a magnifying glass.
4. They observed the prisoners through a one-way mirror.
5. Have you observed any changes lately?
6. We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution.
7. Observe, I heard it all—every word.
8. Observe how one's mind affects one's behavior.
9. This will push me to observe my life carefully and think a lot.
10. The thing is, with the radio astronomy, you can't just set up a telescope in your backyard and observe stars.
11. We cannot always observe the traditions handed down to us from the past.
12. The scientists will study the variety of trees and observe which are fruiting.
13. That means the researcher might decide to observe only during 15 second intervals that are randomly distributed within each 20 minute period.
14. The crowd observed a minute's silence in memory of those who had died.
15. Are there any classes I could observe?
16. The context of leadership is changing, they observe, and the historical emphasis on hard power is becoming outdated.
17. Poor Tom ate with his fingers mainly; but no one smiled at it, or even seemed to observe it.
18. Stern also studies and observes the behaviour of babies.
19. Will the rebels observe the ceasefire?
20. They had observed regularities in the behaviour of the animals.
21. On that occasion, the American astronomer Professor Simon Newcomb led a party to South Africa to observe the event.
22. But one thing you can observe is muscular habits.
23. I want to now move down a little bit and observe how landscape is presented to us.
24. You see, but you do not observe.
25. If he wishes to observe more, he must use successive observations.
26. 'He is a fine young man,' observed Stephen.
27. They were careful to observe the proprieties.
28. The rules which the banks had agreed to observe made the opening of numbered accounts subject to much closer scrutiny than before.
29. It would be wonderful to observe a singularity and obtain direct evidence of the undoubtedly bizarre phenomena that occur near one.
30. What Watson did was to observe muscular habits, because he viewed them as a manifestation of thinking.
31. They engaged in contact sessions, at the end of which the scout was removed in order to observe what her team might do.
32. Charles' appeal is best observed in the flesh.
33. Readers are required to observe the rules of the library and mind their manners.
34. Observe how they pass over fallen twigs without making the slightest noise.
35. Our teachers took us on field trips to observe plants and animals, firsthand.
36. They observed the comet for 70 days before it faded from sight.
37. Jack was careful to observe the proprieties, treating her with exaggerated respect.
38. This was highly unusual given that the birds typically preferred to observe humans from a distance.
39. She simply observes the outward forms of religion.
40. This technique allows researchers to create solutions that selectively omit certain nutrients and then observe the resulting effects on the plants.
41. They observed him entering the bank.
42. He was observed to follow her closely.
43. The patients were observed over a period of several months.
44. They observed how the parts of the machine fitted together.
45. We observe a striking shift away from a labour theory among all mainline economists.
46. Do they observe Christmas?
47. Scientists observe the same dynamics in fluids.
48. Weather satellites have observed a ring of volcanic ash girdling the earth.
49. Researchers observed one bird impale a rodent on a cactus.
50. We observe a striking shift away from a labor theory among all mainline economists.
