verb
- Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of.
- usage: "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint"
- Make mention of.
- usage: "She observed that his presentation took up too much time"; "They noted that it was a fine day to go sailing"
- Observe with care or pay close attention to.
- usage: "Take note of this chemical reaction"
- Watch attentively.
- usage: "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals"
- synonyms: observe
- Show respect towards.
- usage: "honor your parents"
- Behave as expected during of holidays or rites.
- usage: "Keep the commandments"; "celebrate Christmas"; "Observe Yom Kippur"
- Follow with the eyes or the mind.
- usage: "Keep an eye on the baby, please"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
- synonyms: watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
- Stick to correctly or closely.
- usage: "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
- Conform one's action or practice to.
- usage: "keep appointments"; "she never keeps her promises"; "We kept to the original conditions of the contract"
adjective
- Discovered or determined by scientific observation.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: ascertained, discovered
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