English Explanatory Dictionary

watch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A portable or wearable timepiece.
  2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
  3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
  4. A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
  5. A person or group of people who guard.
  6. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  7. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
  8. A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
  9. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
verb
  1. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
  2. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
  3. To mind, attend, or guard.
  4. To be wary or cautious of.
  5. To attend to dangers to or regarding.
  6. To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
  7. To be vigilant or on one's guard.
  8. To act as a lookout.
  9. To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
  10. To be awake.
  11. To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.

Pronunciation

/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/ en-gb-watch.ogg /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/ /ˈwɑt͡ʃ/ en-us-watch.ogg [ˈwɔ̟t͡ʃ]

Word forms

watch watches watching watched no-table-tags glossary watchest watchedst watcheth

Etymology

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.

Antonyms

ignore

Related words

wait wake

Derived words

analogue watch digital watch dog watch duplex watch end of watch fire watch first watch fob watch graveyard watch hurricane watch keep a close watch keep a watch out keep watch lie like a cheap watch listening watch middle watch mystery watch my watch has ended night watch on one's watch on the watch on watch Paley's watch pocket watch quartz watch set one's watch back set one's watch by someone skeleton watch smartwatch stand watch stopwatch suicide watch time-watch time you got a watch tornado watch turnip watch watch and watch watch battery watch bill watch cap watchchain watch charm watch circle watch-coat watchcoat watch face watch glass watch gun watchhouse watch in two watch-jobber watch meeting watch night watch of the night watch one's back watch paper watch party watch pocket watch receiver watch-seal

Translations

Albanian: shoh Albanian: shikoj Southern Altai: караар Arabic: شَاهَدَ Arabic: تَفَرَّجَ Arabic: رَاقَبَ Arabic: نَظَرَ Arabic: شاف Arabic: اِتْفرّج Arabic: اتفرج Arabic: تابع Arabic: راقب Arabic: حضر Arabic: تفرّج Armenian: նայել Asturian: mirar Azerbaijani: izləmək Azerbaijani: baxmaq Bashkir: ҡарау Belarusian: глядзе́ць Belarusian: паглядзе́ць Bulgarian: гле́дам Burmese: ကြည့် Catalan: mirar Chinese Cantonese: 睇 Hakka Chinese: 看 Chinese: 看 Chinese Mandarin: 看 Chinese Mandarin: 觀 /观 Chinese Mandarin: 觀看 /观看 Czech: dívat se Czech: hlídat Czech: sledovat Czech: zhlédnout Czech: zhlížet Old Czech: zřieti Danish: se på Danish: holde øje med Dutch: kijken Esperanto: spekti Estonian: vaatama Finnish: katsoa Finnish: katsella French: regarder Old French: espier Old French: reguarder Galician: mirar Georgian: ყურება German: ansehen German: sehen German: zusehen Greek: παρακολουθώ Ancient Greek: σκοπέω Ancient Greek: βλέπω Ancient Greek: ὁράω Ancient Greek: θεάομαι Ancient Greek: θεωρέω Hebrew: צָפָה Hebrew: הִסְתַּכֵּל Hebrew: הִבִּיט Hindi: देखना White Hmong: saib Hungarian: néz Ido: regardar Indonesian: menonton Irish: fair Italian: guardare Japanese: 見る Kabuverdianu: bízia Kabuverdianu: biziá Kambera: tàru
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