observer
See also: observér
English
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editNoun
editobserver (plural observers)
- One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice
- Most impartial observers agreed that Sampras had not served well.
- One who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
- I shall be an observer of the local customs.
- A person sent as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate
- The UN sent many observers to the country's first elections.
- A country or other entity which has limited participation rights within an organization.
- The Vatican and Palestine have observer status at the UN.
- (military) A crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft
- The only crew-member to survive the crash was the Canadian observer.
- (military) A sentry etc. manning an observation post
- We waited till dusk when the observers' vision was poorest.
Synonyms
edit- beholder (sense 1 only)
- observator (obsolete)
Hyponyms
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editTranslations
editone who makes observations, monitors or takes notice
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one who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.
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person sent to monitor but not to participate
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entity with limited participation rights
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aircraft crew member
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one manning an observation post
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Further reading
edit- “observer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “observer”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
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Conjugation
editConjugation of observer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | observer | |||||
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compound | avoir past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | observant /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant past participle | ||||||
past participle | observé /ɔp.sɛʁ.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | observe /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observes /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observe /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observons /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
observez /ɔp.sɛʁ.ve/ |
observent /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
imperfect | observais /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
observais /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
observait /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
observions /ɔp.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
observiez /ɔp.sɛʁ.vje/ |
observaient /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | observai /ɔp.sɛʁ.ve/ |
observas /ɔp.sɛʁ.va/ |
observa /ɔp.sɛʁ.va/ |
observâmes /ɔp.sɛʁ.vam/ |
observâtes /ɔp.sɛʁ.vat/ |
observèrent /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɛʁ/ | |
future | observerai /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
observeras /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
observera /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
observerons /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ |
observerez /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
observeront /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | observerais /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
observerais /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
observerait /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
observerions /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
observeriez /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁje/ |
observeraient /ɔp.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | observe /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observes /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observe /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
observions /ɔp.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
observiez /ɔp.sɛʁ.vje/ |
observent /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
imperfect2 | observasse /ɔp.sɛʁ.vas/ |
observasses /ɔp.sɛʁ.vas/ |
observât /ɔp.sɛʁ.va/ |
observassions /ɔp.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/ |
observassiez /ɔp.sɛʁ.va.sje/ |
observassent /ɔp.sɛʁ.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | observe /ɔp.sɛʁv/ |
— | observons /ɔp.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
observez /ɔp.sɛʁ.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir past participle | simple imperative of avoir past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
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editFurther reading
edit- “observer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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Norwegian Bokmål
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