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.

Noun

(en noun)

Sight for that which is on the outside; the ability or capacity to perceive or anticipate external things; view; outlook; perspective; power of observation.

*1897 , Ursula Newell Gestefeld, How we master our Fate :

When we live by outsight , we become submissive to fate.

*1968 , Richard Matthew Jones, Fantasy and feeling in education :

It can key her into broad areas of emotional import, and therefore of personal significance, which if made relevant to the subject matter would provide some children with opportunities for linking insights to outsights , [...]

*2007 , James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner, The leadership challenge :

This means honing their “outsight ” —the capacity to perceive external things—and helping their constituents develop that ability as well.

Expectation; prospect.

*2009 , E. Milton Scott, Hinges of Time :

Yet we sail toward it grasping The outsight which we know is there.

(Scotland) Movable goods kept out of doors, such as animals, ploughs, carts, and other implements of husbandry.