Noun

(en noun)

Act of pointing out or indicating.

That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.

The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness. .

Discovery made; information.

(obsolete) Explanation]]; display. [[w:Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon .

(medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.

(finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of observing, and the fact of being observed.

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The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.

A remark or comment.

* Shakespeare

That's a foolish observation .

* Alexander Pope

To observations which ourselves we make / We grow more partial for the observer's sake.

A judgement based on observing.

Performance of what is prescribed; adherence in practice; observance.

* Jeremy Taylor

We are to procure dispensation or leave to omit the observation of it in such circumstances.