observe
Found in thesaurus: sight,
tell,
state,
say,
watch,
accept,
check up on,
check out,
go over,
look into,
check,
check into,
check over,
suss out
observe
v.
observar, advertir, atalayar, contemplar, notar, presenciar; comentar; ser observador
observe
v.- observar | contemplar | advertir | percatarse | notar | presenciar | estudiar | analizar | obedecer | respetar (leyes) | cumplir | acatar
observe1
(v.) = observar.
Ex: This is a very common failing of librarians and can be observed daily: they appear unable to recognise when enough is enough.
observe2
(v.) = seguir.
Ex: It is worth briefly observing a general approach to the creation of a data base.
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* observe + difference = respetar una diferencia.
* observe + principles = respetar los principios.
* observe + rule = respetar una regla, cumplir una regla.
* observe + the law = respetar la ley, cumplir la ley, obedecer la ley.
observe3
(v.) = estudiar, analizar.
Ex: 141 data bases were observed, most of them had been developed in the life sciences as well as in the earth, ocean and space sciences.
observe4
(v.) = decir.
Ex: 'All this is not very likely,' she observed at last, 'not only because of the strength of the selection process -- its imperviousness to proof before an arbitrator'.
observe
v.- seguir