observed
part of speech
verb (past and past participle of «observe»: observe, observes, observed, observing); adjective (observed)
meaning for a pupil
1) Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something. tree →
2) Noticed or saw something. tree →
3) (formal) Said or remarked. tree →
4) Obeyed a rule or kept a custom (observed the speed limit, observed a minute's silence). tree →
sense in the lessons
Very common in science: you write down what you observed in an experiment («observed results»). In stories, a character notices something. In formal speech, people keep rules or customs. Phrases: «observed that», «was observed», «observed values».
examples
- We observed the caterpillar every day. tree →
- I observed that the ice melted faster in the sun. tree →
- Write down what you observed. tree →
- «It's getting late,» she observed. tree →
- The class observed a minute's silence. tree →
- Drivers observed the speed limit near the school. tree →
- The birds were observed in the garden at dawn. tree →
- "It is terribly warm here!" he observed. tree →
note
Past form of «observe»; nouns «observation» and «observer». In science, an observation is what you see, not what you guess. In maths and statistics, «observed values» are the real measured numbers, not predicted ones.
In the corpora
- Hawking's leaking, called Hawking radiation, has never been directly observed, because it is far too faint.
- I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed Thy law.
- I beheld them that were faithless, and strove with them; because they observed not Thy word.
- My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
- I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «observed» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.