observation
/ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.13 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there."
- "The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier."
- "That's a foolish observation."
- "To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake."
- "This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially."
- "I need to do your observation before the end of the week."
Etymology
From Middle English observacion, borrowed from Middle French observacion. Also a borrowing from French observation and a learned borrowing from Latin observātiō(n-). Morphologically observe + -ation.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/
- British English: /ˌɒbzəˈveɪʃn̩/