Definitions for OBSERVED
ob·served

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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 DictionaryRate this definition:1.3 / 3 votes

1. Observed

   of Observe

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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  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce OBSERVED?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say OBSERVED in sign language?

Numerology

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. Don McLaughlin:

   No Uvalde police department officer saw the shooter on May 24 prior to him entering the school. No Uvalde police officers had any opportunity to take a shot at the gunman, a Uvalde Police Department officer saw someone outside, but was unsure of who he saw and observed children in the area as well. Ultimately, it was a coach with children on the playground, not the shooter.

2. Marissa Yap:

   I have observed that kids over the world ... they have common thing(s). They want to be listened to, and they want to be stay motivated and be interested, some of the kids are actually working (jobs), so in my case like when the student is sleepy, I just talk to her: 'So, how are you doing? So did you work last night?'.

3. Tourism Minister Lazaro Nyalandu:

   Were they killed or did they move out of the observed area? Usually when such a large animal reduction is observed, there are a comparable number of carcasses also observed. That was not the case here.

4. Hulusi Akar:

   The talk was very constructive and occurred with a very positive approach, we gladly observed that they understood many subjects much better and have got very close to our views on these subjects.

5. Peter Gersten:

   We've certainly watched and observed their procedure, as we formulated the way to get the civilians out of the house, this (technique) was brought forward from one of our experts.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=OBSERVED
2. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/OBSERVED
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=OBSERVED