Del Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishobserverob‧serv‧er /əbˈzɜːvə $ -ɜːrvər/ ●●○ noun [countable]1WATCHsomeone who regularly watches or pays attention to particular things, events, situations etcobserver of
an observer of nature
political observers
Observers are predicting a fall in interest rates.2CHECK/MAKE SUREsomeone who attendsmeetings, classes, events etc to check what is happening
The UN sent observers to the peace talks.
Independent observers monitored the elections.3SEENOTICEsomeone who sees or looks at something
reports from observers at sea and on dry landcasual observer (=someone looking at something but not very carefully)
A casual observer would have guessed his age at 70.Ejemplos desde el Corpusobserver• She's been sent as an observer to the UN aidconference.• Hundreds of astonishedobservers, including one with a moviecamera, saw the fireball from Grand Teton and Yellowstone parks.• But for a westward-going observer, the rightmost arrives first.• Internationalobserverscriticized the use of military force in the region.• Aesop must have been a keenobserver of natural animal rhythms.• Military observers have been allowed into the area to monitor the ceasefire.• Meehan and other observers give it little chance of making it out of Congress this year.• Most political observers believe that the president will now have to resign.• Political observers say Ball could still win the election.• The remoteobservermeasures time intervals to be dilated and light to be redshifted.• The geography of Boiotia might to a shallowobserver seem to suit her for navalhegemony.casual observer• While the Macintosh still possess all the benefits it seems, to a casual observer, to be an incompatible system.• To a casual observer water on a surface may appear to be in completecontact with it.• A casual observer on Van Ness the other day saw even younger adults have difficulty.• This is mostly due to the almost universallowering of expectations among diehard fans and casual observers.• Even for casual observers the clues to its presence are abundant.• This is the sight which stays with even the casual observer.• But lately, to the casual observer, it would seem that the match is being interrupted, or at least expanded.• To the casual observer, the tide may seem to be the only movement of water in the estuary.Observer, TheThe ObserverObserver, The trademarka seriousBritish Sunday newspaper which generally supports fairly left-wing political ideas. The Observer is owned by the same company that owns The Guardian.
