observe

Other forms of observe

past tense

observed·

present participle

observing·

third person

observes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about observe

What does observe mean?

observe means "discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in observe?

observe has 2 syllables: ob-serve. The stress falls on "serve". In IPA it is /əbˈzɝv/.

What is another word for observe?

Close synonyms include detect, find, discover, notice, note. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is observe a common word?

observe is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with observe?

3 words rhyme with observe. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.