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Observer

Definitions: Observer

Observer

Noun

1. A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses.

2. An expert who observes and comments on something.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "observer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Specialty Definitions: Observer

DomainDefinitions

General

Delegate to an assembly who observes and reports but does not participate officially in its activities. Source: European Union. (references)

Occupations

Monitors telephone conversations or telegraph messages between operators, business office employees, and subscribers to observe employees' demeanor, technical accuracy, and conformity to company policies. Plugs headphones into switchboard, listens to conversations, and records errors. Submits lists of errors to supervisors for remedial action. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Observer

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
OBYEnglishObserver bayMilitary & Defense, Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Observer

Synonyms: beholder (n), commentator (n), perceiver (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Observer

English words defined with "observer": Abney level, Accidental lights, acute, angular distance, Apparent magnitudeBackstaff, beyond, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Bronislaw Malinowskicamera lucidaDextral shell, Dip of the horizon, discriminating, Distinguisher, Doppler effect, Doppler shiftend on, endways, endwiseHA, hour angle, Hubble constant, Hubble law, Hubble's constant, Hubble's lawincisivekeen, knifelikeLeft-handed screw, line of sight, line of vision, lookerMalinowskinadirOblique sphere, observed fire, Observership, on the far sideParallel sphere, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, pitying, principle of equivalencerest mass, Right-handed screwsee, seer, sharp, sorry, sorry for, spectator, Speculisttelemeterviewerwatcher, witnesszenith. (references)
Specialty definitions using "observer": forward observerOBSERVER HELPER, GRAVITY PROSPECTING, Observer Variation. (references)
Etymologies containing "observer": Speculist. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Observer" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (adhere, comment, examen, keep, mind, notice, observe, regard, remark, respect, twig, watch).

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Modern Usage: Observer

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Well, to the casual observer, it would appear that you're trying to make your friend Xander jealous or even the score or something. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Movie/TV Titles

Observer Observed (2000)

The Casual Observer (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Observer

DomainTitle

References

  • Observer AB: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Prospecting for Trout: Fly Fishing Secrets from a Streamside Observer (An Orvis Guide) (reference)

  • Silent Observer (reference)

  • The Far Side Observer (reference)

  • The Vulnerable Observer : Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Observer

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Photo Album: Observer

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Heliotrope used for directing sun's rays to distant observer Used to illuminate station site so far distant observer could measure angles.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Conducting range-azimuth hydrography at Pelican Cay All of the elements of range-azimuth Observer tracking boat with Wild T-2 theodolite Party off of WHITING.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Village of Attu on Attu Island. Attu was one of two Aleutian islands captured by Japanese forces during the Second World War. A tragedy occurred here as the Weather Bureau observer and his wife attempted suicide during the Japanese invasion. The observer succeeded but his wife survived and was incarcerated for the duration of the war. F&WS B-50338.Credit: America's Coastlines.

Ardo X. Meyer, traverse navigator and geomagnetic observer, celebrating at South Pole Station after completing traverse and two months on the ice cap. McMurdo Station to South Pole traverse.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A marine mammal observer at work on the JOHN N. COBB.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A National Marine Fisheries Service observer checks the dimensions of a net and its catch.Credit: Fisheries.

Standard instrument shelter (called a Stevenson Screen) used by NSSL. Shelter houses temperature, pressure, and relative humidity instruments. Observer comes to shelter to take readings. The shelter is a wooden box painted white with double-louvered sides. It is mounted on a stand 4 feet above the ground.Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL).

JOHNSON-SEA-LINK's six inch thick acryllic sphere holds pilot and observer.Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Marine mammal observer looking through the "big eyes.".Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Artist draws cherry blossoms as observer looks on.Credit: USDA.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Observer

AuthorQuotation

Pir Vilayat Khan

In dream consciousness we make things happen by wishing them, because we are not only the observer of what we experience but also the creator.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Observer

TitleAuthorQuote

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

It may be true, that, to a sensitive observer, there was something exquisitely painful in it.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Along the crest of the plateau ran a sort of ditch, which could not possibly have been suspected by a distant observer.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

None can be an impartial or wise observer of human life but from the vantage ground of what we should call voluntary poverty.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Observer

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Most of these signs are obvious to even an untrained observer, but within a short period of time, usually within 3 to 5 days, the virus has caused enough damage to the brain that the animal begins to show unmistakable signs of rabies. (references)

Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE)--An episode that is frightening to the observer and that is characterized by some combination of apnea (central or occasionally obstructive), color change (usually cyanotic or pallid but occasionally erythematous or plethoric), marked change in muscle tone (usually marked limpness), choking, or gagging. (references)

Civil Liberties

Antigua and Barbuda

In April the country's first independent broadcast media, the Observer radio station, became operational. (references)

Gambia

The Daily Observer management announced that it never had issued a decree to stop stories about Lamin Waa Juwara. (references)

Samoa

The statement resulted from publication of a private citizen's letter on July 28 in the independent newspaper The Samoa Observer. (references)

Economic History

Georgia

It is an observer in the Council of Europe. (references)

Switzerland

Switzerland maintains a permanent observer mission at UN Headquarters. (references)

Eritrea

Eritrea is an observer but not a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). (references)

Human Rights

Tunisia

AI observer Donatella Rovera and International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) observer Patrick Badouin remained barred from entering the country. (references)

Guinea

An international NGO, Commission Internationale de Juristes, sent an observer to the trial who noted several problems with the conduct of the trial. (references)

Somalia

According to an international observer, men and women are housed separately in the Puntland prison in Bosasso; this is the case in other prisons as well. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

The United States was a third party observer to the panels. (references)

Sudan

Foreign observer groups chose not to act as election observers. (references)

POLAND

Since September 1997, Poland has been an observer to the WTO's Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). (references)

Political Rights

Cambodia

Most international and observer groups certified the election as acceptable. (references)

Togo

National election observer organizations did not participate, and international observation was sporadic. (references)

Antigua and Barbuda

The observer group also recommended the establishment of an independent electoral commission to improve the voter registration process. (references)

Trade

Qatar

Internationally, Qatar is a member of the WTO and was an observer in the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff (GATT). (references)

Lebanon

Lebanon applied for membership to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and was granted observer status on April 14, 1999. The Foreign Trade Memorandum was deposited at the WTO Secretariat on May 14, 2001, negotiations are expected to begin in the coming months. (references)

Yemen

Yemen also is a founding member of the Indian Ocean Rim Association, has applied for membership in the British Commonwealth, and was granted observer status at the World Trade Organization (WTO) in April 1999. In July 2000 the General Council of the WTO accepted Yemen's application for accession. (references)

Women

Panama

One observer criticized the new laws as being overly broad; and she said that the Ministry of Family, Women, and Children would not have the resources to cope now that so many persons would be able to initiate prosecution. (references)

Worker Rights

Korea

The country is not a member of, but has observer status with, the International Labor Organization. (references)

Gabon

Labor and management meet to negotiate differences, and the Ministry of Labor provides an observer. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

IN':ARDS:, n. The stomach, heart, soul and other bowels. Many eminent investigators do not class the soul as an in'ard, but that acute observer and renowned authority, Dr. Gunsaulus, is persuaded that the mysterious organ known as the spleen is nothing less than our important part. To the contrary, Professor Garrett P. Servis holds that man's soul is that prolongation of his spinal marrow which forms the pith of his no tail; and for demonstration of his faith points confidently to the fact that no tailed animals have no souls. Concerning these two theories, it is best to suspend judgment by believing both.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Observer

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963For our Nation is commissioned by history to be either an observer of freedom's failure or the cause of its success.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Observer

"Observer" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 77.71% of the time. "Observer" is used about 1,550 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)77.71%1,2056,437
Noun (proper)22.29%34615,378
                    Total100.00%1,550N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Observer

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "observer".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
TirhakahN/ABiblical

Dull observer

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Observer

CountryName
Sweden

Observer AB

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Observer

Expressions using "observer": air observer airplane observer artillery forward observer attending classes as an observer CIE 1931 standard colorimetric observer CIE 1964 supplementary standard colorimetric observer CIE standard photometric observer forward observer ground observer ground observer organization integrated observer post military observer observer identification observer of observer point observer post Observer Variation united nations military observer united nations police observer. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "observer": observer-as-participant, observer-effect, Observer-guardian-style, observer-target distance, observer-target line.

Ending with "observer": inter-observer, intra-observer, participant-as-observer, participant-observer, student-observer.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Observer

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  charlotte observer

3,702

  charlotte observer newspaper

78

  news and observer

2,090

  newspaper observer

78

  raleigh news observer

917

  observer samoa

74

  jamaica observer

853

  observer times warren

71

  fayetteville observer

715

  moultrie observer

68

  observer reporter

627

  observer washington

68

  observer

533

  observer reporter washington

67

  wrestling observer

498

  dunkirk observer

66

  dallas observer

396

  observer raleigh

65

  observer eccentric

303

  argus observer

65

  observer sarnia

239

  jamaican observer

60

  fayetteville observer times

169

  london observer

56

  dispatch observer

165

  hudson observer star

56

  new york observer

152

  jamaica observer.com

55

  livonia observer

135

  charlotte classifieds observer

54

  utica observer dispatch

129

  kingwood observer

50

  observer reporter.com

123

  observer westland

48

  county observer ocean

112

  suunto observer

47

  eccentric newspaper observer

103

  observer romeo

47

  news and observer raleigh nc

87

  dryden observer

44
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Observer

Language Translations for "observer"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zbatues (executant, executive, implementator), vërejtës, respektues (respecter), mbikëqyrës (chaperon, overseer, Proctor, reeve, superintendent, supervising, supervisor, supervisory, taskmaster, tutor). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مراقب (controller, inspector, observed, spotted, spy, supervisor, watcher, watchman), ‏مشاهد (spectator, viewer), ‏المتخصص في فرع من السياسة الدولية, ‏المراقب (overseer, spotter, superintendent, supervisor, warden). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

наблюдател (bystander, looker, looker on, scrutineer, spectator, watcher). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

观察员. (various references)

   

Czech

  

pozorovatel (spotter, watcher). (various references)

   

Danish

  

observatoer, observatør. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

waarnemer (replacement, substitute, substitute teacher). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پیرورسوم خاص , مراقب (Lookout, Observant, Onlooker, Vigilant, Watcher, Watchful, Watchman), مشاهده کننده . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tarkkailija, huomioitsija (commentator), havainnoitsija. (various references)

   

French

  

observateur (observant, observing). (various references)

   

German

  

Beobachter (observers). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

παρατηρητής. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מתבונן (observant, watcher), משקיף (correspondent, spectator), מסתכל (onlooker, spectactor, watcher), תצפיתן (watcher), צופה (onlooker, seer, spectator, viewer, watcher, watchman). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

megtartó (observing), betartó (observing), figyelő (lookout, lookout man, monitor, observing). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengamat. (various references)

   

Italian

  

osservatore (observant, watcher). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

観測者 , 観察者 , 立会人 (witness), オフ会 (object, objection, object-oriented, offline meeting). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

たちあいにん (witness), かんそくしゃ, かんさつしゃ, オブザーバー , オブザーバ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

관찰자. (various references)

   

Manx

  

geilltagh (wary), fakider (bystander, fortune-teller, seer, spectator), cronneyder (detective, spectator, viewer), baghtallagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

observeray

   

Portuguese

  

observador (close, eyewitness, observant, obsess, scout, scrutator, spectator, watcher), não dizer nada. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

observator (columnist, correspondent, envoy, looker, lookout, observatory, onlooker, scout, spectator, spy). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

наблюдатель (bystander, look out, looker, looker on, onlooker, scrutinizer, spectator, stander, supervisor, watcher). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

osmatrač (look out, lookout, scout, spotter), posmatrač (beholder, bystander, looker, looker on, spectator, viewer, watcher). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

observador (observant, onlooker, regardant, scout, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, spotter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

iakttagare (watcher). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

izleyici (audience, hanger-on, onlooker, spectator, televiewer, viewer), itaat eden kimse, gözlemci (student), gözetmen (overseer, super, supervisor), gözcü (look out, lookout, picket, spotter, usher, watchman). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

спостерігач (beholder, gazer, inspector, onlooker, outlook, visualizer, watchdog, watcher), спостережник (voyeur), особа, що додержує закону, оглядач (analyst, columnist, reviewer), льотчик-спостерігач. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

người theo dõi (follower), người quan sát người tuân theo. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

sylwedydd. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Observer

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

servatorem. (various references)

Old English450-1100

sceawere. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Observer

LanguageDateSourceJames Chapter 4, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh katalaleite allhlwn adelfoi o katalalwn adelfou kai krinwn ton adelfon autou katalalei nomou kai krinei nomon ei de nomon krineiV ouk ei poihthV nomou alla krithV
Latin405VulgateNolite detrahere de alterutrum fratres qui detrahit fratri aut qui iudicat fratrem suum detrahit legi et iudicat legem si autem iudicas legem non es factor legis sed iudex
Middle English1395WyclifMy britheren, nyle ye bacbite ech othere. He that bacbitith his brothir, ethir that demeth his brothir, bacbitith the lawe, and demeth the lawe. And if thou demest the lawe, thou art not a doere of the lawe, but a domesman.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleBackbyte not one another brethren. He that backbyteh hys brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an observer of ye lawe: but a iudge.
Jacobean English1611King JamesSpeak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Victorian English1833WebsterSpeak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judgest the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Basic English1964OgdenDo not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Observer

LanguageJames Chapter 4, Verse 11
Cebuano¶ Mga igsoon, ayaw na kamo paglinibakay batok sa usa ug usa. Siya nga magalibak ug igsoon o magahukom sa iyang igsoon, nagalibak batok sa kasugoan ug nagahukom sa kasugoan. Apan kon imo mang hukman ang kasugoan, ikaw dili diay magtutuman sa kasugoan kondili maghuhukom niini.
CroatianNe ogovarajte, braæo, jedni druge! Tko ogovara ili sudi brata svoga, ogovara i sudi Zakon. A sudiš li Zakon, nisi vršitelj nego sudac Zakona.
DanishTaler ikke ilde om hverandre, Brødre! Den, som taler ilde om sin Broder eller dømmer sin Broder, taler ilde om Loven og dømmer Loven; men dømmer du Loven, da er du ikke Lovens Gører, men dens Dommer.
DutchBroeders, spreekt niet kwalijk van elkander. Die van zijn broeder kwalijk spreekt en zijn broeder oordeelt, die spreekt kwalijk van de wet, en oordeelt de wet. Indien gij nu de wet oordeelt, zo zijt gij geen dader der wet, maar een rechter.
FinnishÄlkää panetelko toisianne, veljet. Joka veljeään panettelee tai veljensä tuomitsee, se panettelee lakia ja tuomitsee lain; mutta jos sinä tuomitset lain, niin et ole lain noudattaja, vaan sen tuomari.
FrenchNe parlez point mal les uns des autres, frères. Celui qui parle mal d`un frère, ou qui juge son frère, parle mal de la loi et juge la loi. Or, si tu juges la loi, tu n`es pas observateur de la loi, mais tu en es juge.
GermanAfterredet nicht untereinander, liebe Brüder. Wer seinem Bruder afterredet und richtet seinen Bruder, der afterredet dem Gesetz und richtet das Gesetz. Richtest du aber das Gesetz, so bist du nicht ein Täter des Gesetzes, sondern ein Richter.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariSaudara-saudara, janganlah saling mencela atau saling menyalahkan. Orang yang mencela atau menyalahkan saudaranya yang sama-sama Kristen, ia mencela dan menyalahkan hukum Allah. Dan kalau kalian menyalahkan hukum Allah, itu berarti kalian tidak menuruti hukum-hukum itu, melainkan menjadi hakimnya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaHai saudara-saudaraku, jangan seorang mencela orang. Adapun orang yang mencela saudaranya atau menyalahkan saudaranya, ialah mencela hukum serta menyalahkan hukum. Tetapi jikalau engkau menyalahkan hukum itu, bukannya engkau penurut hukum itu, melainkan hakimnya.
LatvianNeaprunâjiet, brâïi, cits citu! Kas savu brâli aprunâ vai savu brâli tiesâ, tas aprunâ likumu un tiesâ likumu. Bet ja tu likumu tiesâ, tad tu neesi likuma pildîtâjs, bet tiesâtâjs.
Maori¶ Kati te ngautuara tetahi ki tetahi, e oku teina, Ko te tangata e ngautuara ana ki tona teina, e whakahe ana hoki i tona teina, e ngautuara ana ia ki te ture, e whakahe ana i te ture: ki te whakahe ia koe i te ture, ehara koe i te kaimahi i te tu re, engari he kaiwhakawa.
NorwegianBaktal ikke hverandre, brødre! Den som baktaler en bror eller dømmer sin bror, han baktaler loven og dømmer loven; men dømmer du loven, da er du ikke lovens gjører, men dens dommer.
PortugueseIrmãos, não faleis mal uns dos outros. Quem fala mal de um irmão, e julga a seu irmão, fala mal da lei, e julga a lei; ora, se julgas a lei, não és observador da lei, mas juiz.   
RumanianNu vq vorbiyi de rqu unii pe alyii, frayilor! Cine vorbewte de rqu pe un frate, sau judecq pe fratele squ, vorbewte de rqu Legea sau judecq Legea. Wi dacq judeci Legea, nu ewti kmplinitor al Legii, ci judecqtor.
RussianоЕ ЪМПУМПЧШФЕ ДТХЗ ДТХЗБ, ВТБФЙС: ЛФП ЪМПУМПЧЙФ ВТБФБ ЙМЙ УХДЙФ ВТБФБ УЧПЕЗП, ФПЗП ЪМПУМПЧЙФ ЪБЛПО Й УХДЙФ ЪБЛПО; Б ЕУМЙ ФЩ УХДЙЫШ ЪБЛПО, ФП ФЩ ОЕ ЙУРПМОЙФЕМШ ЪБЛПОБ, ОП УХДШС.
Shuar¶ Yatsuru, yajauch áujmatnaisairap. Yus-shuar ni yachin yajauch áujmatas tura Yachí tunaari tuke áujmatuk Yus "aneniatarum" tana nuna umichuiti. Antsu umichu asa "nu akupkamu ántraiti, umirkashtiniaiti" tawai nu shuar. Nujai nu shuar umirtsuk Yus akupkamu nankaamas Enentáimtumawai.
SpanishHermanos, no habléis mal los unos de los otros. El que habla mal de su hermano o juzga a su hermano habla mal de la ley y juzga a la ley. Y si tú juzgas a la ley, entonces no eres hacedor de la ley, sino juez.
SwahiliNdugu, msilaumiane ninyi kwa ninyi. Anayemlaumu ndugu yake na kumhukumu, huyo huilaumu na kuihukumu Sheria. Kama ukiihukumu Sheria, basi, wewe huitii Sheria, bali waihukumu.
Uma¶ Ompi' -ompi', neo' -ta mometuntui'. Tauna to mpotuntui' ba mposalai' ompi' -na, hewa mpotuntui' ba mposalai' Atura Pue' lau-imi. Tauna to mposalai' ompi' -na, uma-i mpotuku' Atura Pue'. Ma'ala-mi ta'uli', hewa hi'a lau-mi to mpobotuhi Atura Pue'.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Observer

Derivations

Words beginning with "observer": observers. (additional references)

Words ending with "observer": interobserver. (additional references)

Words containing "observer": interobservers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Observer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bosavern, observ, observa, observor, obwserve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Observer"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "observer" (pronounced ubzer"ver)
4-z er" v erpreserver.
3-er" v erfervor, server.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Observer

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-e-o-r-r-s-v"

-1 letter: observe, obverse, rebores, reverbs, reverso, soberer, verbose.

-2 letters: bevors, borers, breves, rebore, rerose, resorb, reverb, revers, rovers, server, soever, verser.

-3 letters: beers, bevor, borer, bores, brees, breve, brose, erose, obese, overs, robes, rover, roves, serer, serve, servo, sever, sober, sorer, veers, verbs, verse, verso.

-4 letters: beer, bees, bore, bree, bros, eros, errs, ever, eves.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-e-o-r-r-s-v"
 

+1 letter: observers, overbears, reobserve.

 

+2 letters: herbivores, overbrowse, reobserved, reobserves.

 

+3 letters: herbivories, overbidders, overbrowsed, overbrowses, overburdens, reobserving.

 

+4 letters: beaverboards, irresolvable.

 

+5 letters: boulevardiers, interobserver, nonreversible, observatories, overprescribe, oversubscribe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Observer


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4F 62 73 65 72 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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