🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Osservazione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: osservazione

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Observation/ˌɒb.zɜːrˈveɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'osservazione degli animali è un'attività educativa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of observing something or someone carefully in order to gain information.

    "The scientist made careful observations during the experiment."
  2. 2

    A remark or comment based on something one has seen or experienced.

    "Her observation about the weather was quite insightful."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'observation' originates from the Latin 'observatio', which means 'watching over'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, reflecting a shift from mere watching to a more analytical process of gathering information.

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