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obs

noun

Meaning

  1. Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).
  2. Abbreviation of observed
  3. (of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject).
  4. Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
  5. Police observation
  6. An observation hut.
  7. A halfpenny
  8. An objection
  9. The obese gene

Etymology / origin

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Related words

ob river(English)bbs(English)bsn(English)nso(English)systems(English)vho(English)observership(English)lookout(English)coop(English)router(English)dataset(English)ops(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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