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Dictionary: ob·ser·vant   (əb-zûr'vənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Quick to perceive or apprehend; alert: an observant traveler. See synonyms at careful.
  2. Diligent in observing a law, custom, duty, or principle: observant of the speed limit.
observantly ob·ser'vant·ly adv.

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adjective

  1. Vigilantly attentive: alert, open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful, wary, watchful, wide-awake. Idioms: on the ball. See awareness/unawareness.
  2. Cautiously attentive: careful, heedful, mindful, watchful. See careful/careless.
  3. Tending toward awareness and appreciation: conscious, heedful, mindful. See awareness/unawareness.

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adj

Definition: alert, watchful
Antonyms: careless, dreaming, inattentive, indifferent, thoughtless, unaware, unmindful, unobservant, unwatchful


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Pay close attention.

pronunciation The snake was very observant as the mouse entered the cage.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - opmærksom, agtpågivende
n. - person som strengt overholder regler

Nederlands (Dutch)
opmerkzaam, alert (op), oplettend, waakzaam, praktiserend (religieus)

Français (French)
adj. - observateur, respectueux
n. - observateur

Deutsch (German)
adj. - aufmerksam, achtsam, befolgend, gesetzestreu, folgsam
n. - gesetzestreue Person, (rk Kirche) Observant

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - παρατηρητικός, προσεκτικός, οξυδερκής

Italiano (Italian)
attento, osservante, perspicace, rispettoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - observador

Русский (Russian)
наблюдательный, соблюдающий (закон)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - atento, observador, observante, cumplidor, acatador
n. - observante, cumplidor

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - uppmärksam

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
深切注意的, 奉行者, 遵守者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 深切注意的
n. - 奉行者, 遵守者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 주의 깊은, 엄수하는
n. - 관찰력이 예민한 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 厳守する, 観察力の鋭い
n. - 遵守者, 原始会則派修道士

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يقذ, شديد الانتباه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מבחין, שם לב, מקפיד, מקיים (מצוות)‬
n. - ‮חבר במנזר הפרנציסקני השומר על כללים קפדניים‬


 
 
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