[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/observed/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [O](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/o/) / observed # observed verb (past and past participle of «observe»: observe, observes, observed, observing); adjective (observed) «observed» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Watched or looked at carefully, often to learn something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#m1) 2. Noticed or saw something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#m2) 3. (formal) Said or remarked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#m3) 4. Obeyed a rule or kept a custom (observed the speed limit, observed a minute's silence). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#m4) ### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x1) - I observed that the ice melted faster in the sun. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x2) - Write down what you observed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x3) - «It's getting late,» she observed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x4) - The class observed a minute's silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x5) - Drivers observed the speed limit near the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x6) - The birds were observed in the garden at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x7) - "It is terribly warm here!" he observed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/#x8) ### 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 Jewish tradition In the Torah, it can mean to watch for signs or to keep God's word; Laban "observed the signs" and Levi's tribe "observed Thy word." **Interpretation.** The blessing of Levi praises the tribe for loyalty after the golden calf. ### Examples - And Laban said unto him: 'If now I have found favour in thine eyes — I have observed the signs, and the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.' (Torah GEN.30.27, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x1) - Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him'; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew he his own children; for they have observed Thy word, and keep Thy covenant. (Torah DEU.33.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x2) - "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x3) - My soul hath observed Thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. (Writings PSA.119.167, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x4) - I have remembered Thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have observed Thy law. (Writings PSA.119.55, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x5) - I have observed Thy precepts and Thy testimonies; for all my ways are before Thee. (Writings PSA.119.168, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/#x6) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «observed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/observed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«observed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/observed.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «observed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/O/observed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«observed» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/observed.html) on Mova free.