a casual observer

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• casual — adjective 1 NOT CARING not caring or seeming not to care about something: His casual manner annoyed me. | Karla tried to sound casual, but her excitement was obvious. 2 CLOTHES casual clothes are comfortable clothes that you wear in informal… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• observer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ casual ▪ To the casual observer, it would have looked like any other domestic argument. ▪ informed, knowledgeable (esp. AmE) ▪ acute, astute …   Collocations dictionary

• observer */*/ — UK [əbˈzɜː(r)və(r)] / US [əbˈzɜrvər] noun [countable] Word forms observer : singular observer plural observers 1) someone whose opinions are broadcast or published because they know a lot about a particular subject Many political observers… …   English dictionary

• observer — ob|serv|er [ əb zɜrvər ] noun count ** 1. ) someone who sees or notices something: WITNESS: Observers said soldiers opened fire on the camp s inhabitants. casual observer (=someone not paying much attention): The most casual observer would have… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• casual — cas|u|al [ˈkæʒuəl] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(relaxed)¦ 2¦(not formal)¦ 3¦(work)¦ 4¦(relationship)¦ 5¦(without attention)¦ 6¦(not planned)¦ 7¦(not regular)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: casuel, from Late Latin casualis, from Latin …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• observer — ob|serv|er [əbˈzə:və US ə:rvər] n 1.) someone who regularly watches or pays attention to particular things, events, situations etc observer of ▪ an observer of nature ▪ political observers ▪ Observers are predicting a fall in interest rates. 2.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• observer — noun (C) 1 someone who sees or notices something: Shocked observers told police about the robbery. | casual observer (=one who is not specially interested): To a casual observer she may have seemed fine, but I knew better. 2 someone who regularly …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• casual — [[t]kæ̱ʒuəl[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing. It s difficult for me to be casual about anything... He s an easy going, friendly young …   English dictionary

• observer — [[t]əbzɜ͟ː(r)və(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ observers 1) N COUNT You can refer to someone who sees or notices something as an observer. A casual observer would have taken them to be three men out for an evening stroll... Observers say the woman pulled a knife… …   English dictionary

• observer — noun 1) a casual observer might not have noticed Syn: spectator, onlooker, watcher, looker on, fly on the wall, viewer, witness, eyewitness, bystander; informal rubberneck; literary beholder 2) industry observers expect the deal to be finalized… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• observer — noun 1) the casual observer Syn: spectator, onlooker, watcher, fly on the wall, viewer, witness 2) industry observers are worried Syn: commentator, reporter, monitor …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary