observer
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From to observe + -er.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
observer (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.
- (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.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
he who makes observations, monitors or takes notice
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person sent, as a representative, to a meeting or other function to monitor but not to participate
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crew member on an aircraft who makes observations of enemy positions or aircraft
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sentry etc manning an observation post
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External links [edit]
- observer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- observer in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
observer
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of observer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | observer | avoir observé | |||||
| gerund | en observant | en ayant observé | |||||
| present participle | observant | ||||||
| past participle | observé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | observe | observes | observe | observons | observez | observent |
| imperfect | observais | observais | observait | observions | observiez | observaient | |
| past historic1 | observai | observas | observa | observâmes | observâtes | observèrent | |
| future | observerai | observeras | observera | observerons | observerez | observeront | |
| conditional | observerais | observerais | observerait | observerions | observeriez | observeraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | observe | observes | observe | observions | observiez | observent |
| imperfect1 | observasse | observasses | observât | observassions | observassiez | observassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | observe | — | observons | observez | — | ||
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Derived terms [edit]
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Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
observer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of observō
