9th Grade - Unit 10 - Observational Verbs

Observational Verbs

Discover or identify the presence or existence of.

• Detect

• Glance

• Interpret

• Make out

Explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions).

• Detect

• Glance

• Interpret

• Make out

Assert or imply something about a particular person or thing.

• Detect

• Glance

• Interpret

• Make out

Take a brief or hurried look.

"Ginny glanced at her watch"

• Detect

• Glance

• Interpret

• Make out

A detailed investigation and analysis of a subject or situation.

• Observe

• Overlook

• Spot

• Study

fail to notice (something).

"he seems to have overlooked one important fact"

• Observe

• Overlook

• Spot

• Study

To see or notice someone or something, usually because you are looking hard

• Observe

• Overlook

• Spot

• Study

Notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant.

"young people observe that decisions are made by others"

• Observe

• Overlook

• Spot

• Study

To understand completely the meaning or importance of something:

• Observe

• Overlook

• take in

• Study