obs

See also: Obs and obs.

English

Alternative forms

• obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")

Etymology 1

Adjective

obs

1. Abbreviation of obsolete (as a gloss for words in dictionaries)
2. Abbreviation of observed

Noun

obs pl (plural only)

1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).

Etymology 2

Noun

obs (uncountable)

1. (slang) police observation

   Synonym: obbo

   • 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang

     But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.

   • 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills

     Had you under obs for three weeks.

2. An observation hut.

Etymology 3

Noun

obs

1. plural of ob

Anagrams

• BOS, BSO, Bos., OSB, SOB, bos, sob

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔps/
• Hyphenation: obs

Etymology 1

ob +‎ es

Contraction

obs

1. Contraction of ob es.
   • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎^[1], 5th edition, page 298:

     Es war einmal ein Förster, der gieng in den Wald auf die Jagd, und wie er in den Wald kam, hörte er schreien, als obs ein kleines Kind wäre, und gieng dem Schreien nach, da sah er endlich einen hohen Baum, und oben darauf saß ein kleines Kind.

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

obs

1. singular imperative of obsen
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Clipping of observant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔps/, /ʊps/ (examples of pronunciation)

Adjective

obs (singular and plural obs)

1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful

   å vera obs på det

   to be aware of it

References

• “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• bos, obs.

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Swedish

Verb

obs

1. Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).

Anagrams

• bos

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Volapük

Pronoun

obs

1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)