obs
See also: Obs and obs.
English
Alternative forms
- obs. (especially in the sense "obsolete")
Adjective
obs
- Abbreviation of obsolete (as a gloss for words in dictionaries)
- Abbreviation of observed
Noun
obs pl (plural only)
- (medicine) Observation(s) (blood pressure, temperature, etc).
Noun
obs (uncountable)
- (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.
- An observation hut.
Noun
obs
- plural of ob
Anagrams
- BOS, BSO, Bos., OSB, SOB, bos, sob
Danish
Verb
obs
- Abbreviation of observér (“nota bene”).
Adjective
obs
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, careful
- at være obs på det
- to pay attention to it
Proper noun
obs
- Acronym of Oplysninger til Borgerne om Samfundet.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔps/
- Hyphenation: obs
Etymology 1
ob + es
Contraction
obs
- Contraction of ob es.
- 1843, Brothers Grimm, “Fundevogel”, in Kinder- und Haus-Märchen, Band 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.
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Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
obs
- singular imperative of obsen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of obsen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Clipping of observant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔps/, /ʊps/
Adjective
obs (singular and plural obs)
- (predicative, chiefly with på) attentive, aware, careful
- å vera obs på det
- to be aware of it
References
- “obs” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- bos, obs.
Swedish
Verb
obs
- Abbreviation of observera (“nota bene”).
Anagrams
- bos
Volapük
Pronoun
obs
- we (first-person plural, nominative) (nominative plural of ob)