word-vault/dist/data/cards/ob/observant.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "observant",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "good at noticing things around you",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Observant walkers may see red deer along this stretch of the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How very observant of you!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She keeps an observant eye on developments in education."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was acutely observant of the poverty around him."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "sharp-eyed",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "careful to obey religious laws and customs",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈzɜːvənt/",
                "audio": "ob/observant/observant__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əbˈzɜːrvənt/",
                "audio": "ob/observant/observant__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): from French, literally ‘watching’, present participle of observer, from Latin observare ‘to watch’, from ob- ‘towards’ + servare ‘attend to, look at’."
}