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obs

See also: Obs and obs.

English

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Alternative forms

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  • obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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obs

  1. (linguistics) Abbreviation of obsolete

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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obs

  1. Clipping of observed

Noun

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obs (uncountable)

  1. (law enforcement, slang) Police observation.
    Synonym: obbo
    • 2017, Jimmy Donnelly, Jimmy The Weed: Inside the Quality Street Gang:
      But I now knew I was under obs by the Gardai as well as by GMP.
    • 2018, Paige Elizabeth Turner, Clock Face of Ills:
      Had you under obs for three weeks.
  2. An observation hut.

Noun

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obs pl (plural only)

  1. (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).

Etymology 3

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Noun

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obs

  1. plural of ob

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Danish

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Verb

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obs

  1. Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).

Adjective

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obs

  1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful
    at være obs på det
    to pay attention to it

Proper noun

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obs

  1. Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɔps/
  • Hyphenation: obs

Etymology 1

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ob +‎ es

Contraction

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obs

  1. (chiefly colloquial or dated) Alternative spelling of ob's
    • 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 1‎[1], 5th edition, page 298:
      Es war einmal ein Förster, der gieng in den Wald auf die Jagd, und wie er in den Wald kam, hörte er schreien, als obs ein kleines Kind wäre, und gieng dem Schreien nach, da sah er endlich einen hohen Baum, und oben darauf saß ein kleines Kind.
      There once was a forester, who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered the forest, he heard cries, as if it were a small child, and went after the cries, then at last he saw a tall tree, and upon it sat a small child.

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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obs

  1. singular imperative of obsen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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Clipping of observant.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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obs (singular and plural obs)

  1. (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful
    å vera obs på det
    to be aware of it

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Anagrams

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Swedish

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Verb

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obs

  1. Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).

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Volapük

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Pronoun

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obs

  1. we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)
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