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(n)
(chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
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(v)
To pay attention; to take notice; to note.
(intransitive, with preposition on) To make a remark or remarks on, to comment on (something).
To make a short reference to something.
(idiomatic) To watch and pay attention to, in case of misbehaviour or mishap.
(idiomatic) To guard and protect.
To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
To have respect for.
(transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or spiritual value of.
(transitive) To accept (a decision or law) and act in accordance with it; to conform to (a decision or law); to acquiesce to (a decision or law).
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive or intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
(transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
British, Canadian, Commonwealth, and Ireland standard spelling of honor.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
One who makes observations, monitors or takes notice.
The act of observing, and the fact of being observed (see observance)
The practice of complying with a law, custom, command or rule.
An instance of viewing something.
The act of one who watches.
(transitive) To look at or see (someone or something), especially appreciatively; to descry, to look upon.
(adj)
Able to be observed.
Senses relating to caring for or waiting on someone, or accompanying or being present.
(intransitive, with "on" or "about") To make remarks or notes; to express a view regarding.
(transitive) To look at.
(transitive) To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
(transitive) To find out or observe (someone or something, especially if not easy to see) by spying or looking; to catch sight of; to see; to spot.
The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
(uncountable) Mental focus.
(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
(transitive) To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
(transitive) To think about seriously.
To announce or declare.
(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(transitive) To form; to found; to institute; to set up in business.
(transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.
(intransitive) To happen or take place.
(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.
(intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
(transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
(transitive) To meet the needs of, to fulfill the wishes or requirements of (someone).
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
(transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
(transitive, intransitive) To adapt to something by more closely matching it, especially something normative.
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in.
Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation.
(uncountable) The state of being compliant.
To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
Well known because of one's reputation; famous, celebrated.
(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
To help.
(transitive) To pronounce.
To keep up, impose or bring into effect something, not necessarily by force.
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
(countable) One who sees or has personal knowledge of something.
(transitive, US) To make solemn, or official, through ceremony or legal act.
(transitive) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
(computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
(transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
To keep erect; to support; to sustain; to keep from falling
(transitive) To prevent harm or difficulty.
(transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
(transitive) To eject; to expel.
(transitive) To grasp or grip.
To put a mark on (something); to make (something) recognizable by a mark; to label or write on (something).
To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
(intransitive, informal) To suffer stress; to worry or be agitated.
To provide explanation.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
To take (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) by choice into a relationship.
To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.
Faithful support for some cause.
(transitive) To make (someone or something) silent.
(intransitive) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united.
Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.
British standard spelling of fulfill.
The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
(intransitive) To perform physical activity for health or training.
To continue over time.
(transitive) To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something).
(transitive) To inspect; to examine.
(carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
A spoken or written remark.