to be under observation

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• under observation — phrase being watched carefully by doctors or police officers She remains under observation in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. Thesaurus: crime detection and preventionhyponym Main entry: observation * * * (esp. of a patient or a suspected criminal)… …   Useful english dictionary

• under observation — being watched carefully by doctors or police officers She remains under observation in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary …   English dictionary

• under observation — being supervised; under inspection; being traced …   English contemporary dictionary

• observation — ob|ser|va|tion W3 [ˌɔbzəˈveıʃən US ˌa:bzər ] n 1.) [U and C] the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time observation of ▪ Bloomfield s approach to linguistics was based on observation of the language. ▪ He spent… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• observation — n. comment 1) to make an observation 2) an astute, keen, penetrating, shrewd observation 3) a personal observation 4) an observation about 5) an observation that + clause (she made the astute observation that the whole matter had been… …   Combinatory dictionary

• observation — noun 1 (C, U) the process of watching something or someone carefully for a period of time: a study based on detailed observation of a group of 20 patients | a result of scientific observation | under observation (=being watched continuously by… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• observation — noun 1 examination ADJECTIVE ▪ careful, close, detailed ▪ direct, first hand ▪ systematic ▪ casual …   Collocations dictionary

• observation — ob|ser|va|tion [ ,abzər veıʃn ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find something out: She s been admitted to the hospital for observation. observation of: a detailed observation of the birds …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• observation */*/*/ — UK [ˌɒbzə(r)ˈveɪʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌɑbzərˈveɪʃ(ə)n] noun Word forms observation : singular observation plural observations 1) [uncountable] the process of watching someone or something carefully, in order to find something out She s been admitted to… …   English dictionary

• observation — [[t]ɒ̱bzə(r)ve͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] observations 1) N UNCOUNT Observation is the action or process of carefully watching someone or something. ...careful observation of the movement of the planets... In hospital she ll be under observation all the time.… …   English dictionary

• observation — I. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin observation , observatio, from observare Date: 1535 1. a. an act or instance of observing a custom, rule, or law b. observance 3 2. a. an act of recognizing and noting a fact or occurrence often… …   New Collegiate Dictionary