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observation is on the Basic English 850 List.
observe + -ation
Pronunciation[change]
- (US) enPR: ŏb'zər-vāʹshən or -vāshʹn, IPA (key): /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃən/ or /-ˈveɪʃn̩/
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃ(ə)n/
- (uncountable) Observation is the act of carefully seeing things that happen.
- To learn, you must be good at observation.
- (countable) An observation is something someone saw, heard etc.
- In science, we record our observations so we can think about them later.
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