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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ascertained, discovered, observedadjective

    discovered or determined by scientific observation

    "variation in the ascertained flux depends on a number of factors"; "the discovered behavior norms"; "discovered differences in achievement"; "no explanation for the observed phenomena"

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  1. observed

    Observed refers to something that has been seen, noticed, or watched, usually with careful attention. It can also relate to data or information that has been gathered or recorded in a scientific context or during a study or experiment.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Observed

    of Observe

Editors Contribution

  1. observedverb

    Verb form of the word observe.

    They observed such beauty on their walk along the bog road hand in hand feeling the love and looking forward to their wedding.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 13, 2020  

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  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'OBSERVED' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2158

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of OBSERVED in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of OBSERVED in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of OBSERVED in a Sentence

  1. Christophe Snoeck:

    When it comes to light chemical elements( such as carbon and oxygen), these are heavily altered but for heavier elements such as strontium no alteration was observed, on the contrary, thanks to the high temperatures reached, the structure of the bone is modified and making the bone resistant to post-mortem exchanges with burial soil.

  2. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:

    Record warmth was observed across much of South America, and parts of Africa, the Middle East, Asia and the western contiguous U.S..

  3. Department of Transportation:

    Our experts are still analyzing data and conducting daily inspections of the viaduct, but to date, no significant settlement has been observed beyond the initial settlement we reported publicly on Dec. 5.

  4. Rajnath Singh:

    ( They) rushed to the spot where they observed the wreckage of a military helicopter engulfed in flames, rescue teams from the local administration in the vicinity reached the site and attempted to recover the survivors.

  5. Mitch McConnell:

    I think the story today is an effort by someone on the inside to discredit the institution of the Senate, which continues a pattern that we've observed over the last couple of years, what's unique about today is this is the first time we've had somebody on the inside try to attack the institution.

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