looking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"

monitoring - the act of observing something (and sometimes keeping a record of it); "the monitoring of enemy communications plays an important role in war times"

sighting - the act of observing; "several sightings of enemy troops were reported"

stargazing - observation of the stars

social function, social occasion, occasion, affair, function - a vaguely specified social event; "the party was quite an affair"; "an occasion arranged to honor the president"; "a seemingly endless round of social functions"

circumstance - formal ceremony about important occasions; "pomp and circumstance"

funeral - a ceremony at which a dead person is buried or cremated; "hundreds of people attended his funeral"

hymeneals, nuptials, wedding, wedding ceremony - the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed

pageantry, pageant - a rich and spectacular ceremony

dedication - a ceremony in which something (as a building) is dedicated to some goal or purpose

opening - a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

commemoration, memorialisation, memorialization - a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

military ceremony - a formal ceremony performed by military personnel

induction, initiation, installation - a formal entry into an organization or position or office; "his initiation into the club"; "he was ordered to report for induction into the army"; "he gave a speech as part of his installation into the hall of fame"

exercise - (usually plural) a ceremony that involves processions and speeches; "academic exercises"

fire walking - the ceremony of walking barefoot over hot stones or a bed of embers

formalities, formality - a requirement of etiquette or custom

Maundy - a public ceremony on Maundy Thursday when the monarch distributes Maundy money

attending, attention - the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others

mind - attention; "don't pay him any mind"

remark - explicit notice; "it passed without remark"

abidance, compliance, conformity, conformation - acting according to certain accepted standards

punctilio - strict observance of formalities