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Definition for: watch

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /'wɒtʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtʃ

Etymology

Old English wæċċe .

Noun

Singular
watch

Plural
watches

watch ( plural watches )

  1. ( time ) A portable or wearable timepiece.
  2. ( time ) A particular time period where guarding is kept.
  3. A person or group of people who guard.
  4. ( nautical ) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch , port watch .
  5. ( nautical ) 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).

Translations
A portable or wearable timepiece (1)
  • Afrikaans: horlosie
  • Arabic: ساعة (sá:ʕa) f .
  • Dutch: horloge n .
  • Finnish: rannekello
  • French: montre f .
  • German: Uhr f .
  • Hungarian: óra
  • Japanese: 腕時計 (うでどけい, udedokei, wristwatch), 懐中時計 (かいちゅうとけい, kaichuutokei, pocket watch), 時計 (とけい, tokei, general term for a watch or clock)
  • Persian: ساعت (sâat)
  • Portuguese: relógio m .
  • Romanian: ceas
  • Russian: наручные часы (narúčnyje časý) pl .
  • Slovene: zapestna ura f . , ura f .
  • Swedish: klocka, armbandsur
  • Telugu: చేతి గడియారం (caeti gaDiyaaraM)
A particular time period (2)
  • Afrikaans: wag
  • Dutch: wacht
  • Finnish: vahtivuoro
  • German: Wache f .
  • Japanese: 警戒 (けいかい, keikai)
  • Persian: ساعت (sâat)
  • Portugese: vigília f . , guarda f .
  • Romanian: strajă
  • Russian: вахта (váχta), дежурство (dežúrstvo)
  • Swedish: vakt
A person or group of people who guard (3)
  • Afrikaans: wag
  • Dutch: wacht
  • Finnish: vahti
  • French: garde
  • German: Wache f .
  • Persian: دیده‌بان (didebân)
  • Portuguese: guarda m . and f .
  • Romanian: străjer
  • Russian: стража (stráža) f . , караул (karaúl) m . , дозор (dozór) m . , сторож (stórož) m . , караульный (karaúl’nyj) m . , часовой (časovój) m .
  • Swedish: vakt
  • Telugu: కాపలాదారు (kaapalaadaaru)
A group of sailors and officers (4)
  • German: Wache f .
  • Russian: вахта (váχta) f .
  • Breton : montr m .
  • Bulgarian : часовник (časovnik) m .
  • Bengali : (ghori)
  • Chinese : 手表 (shǒubiǎo)
  • Italian : orologio m . , guardia (3, group )
  • Korean : 시계 (sigye)
  • Polish : zegarek m .
  • Sicilian : roggiu m .
  • Spanish : reloj m .
  • Swahili : saa

Etymology

Middle English wacchen from Old English * wæċċan .

Verb

to watch ( third-person singular simple present watches , present participle watching , simple past watched , past participle watched )

Infinitive
to watch

Third person singular
watches

Simple past
watched

Past participle
watched

Present participle
watching

  1. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
    Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
    I'm tired of watching TV.
  2. To observe something over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
    Watch this!
    Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
  3. To mind, attend, or guard.
    Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
    He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
  4. To be wary or cautious of someone or something.
    You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
    Watch your step.

Derived terms

Translations
To observe
  • Dutch: bekijken, kijken naar
  • Finnish: tarkkailla, katsella
  • French: regarder
  • German: beobachten
  • Hungarian: figyel
  • Persian: تماشا‌کردن (tamâsha-kardan), پاییدن (pâyidan), نگاه‌کردن (negâh-kardan)
  • Portuguese: assistir, observar
  • Romanian: privi, urmări
  • Russian: смотреть (smotr'ét'), наблюдать (nabl'udát')
  • Sicilian: taliari
  • Slovene: gledati, opazovati
  • Swedish: observera, betrakta, iaktta
  • Telugu: కాపు ఉండు (kaapu uMDu)
To be wary
  • Romanian: avea grijă, veghea
  • Russian: следить (sl'edít')
  • Swedish: ta sig i akt, vara försiktig
  • Afrikaans : kyk, dophou
  • Arabic : راقب (rá:qaba)
  • Breton : sellet ouzh
  • Bulgarian : гледам (gledam)
  • Chinese : 觀看, 观看 (guānkàn)
  • Czech : dívat se
  • Italian : guardare, sorvegliare
  • Japanese : 見る (みる, miru), 見守る (みまもる, mimamoru), 見張る (みはる, miharu)
  • Korean : 관찰하다 (gwanchalhada)
  • Latin : spectare
  • Polish : oglądać, obserwować
  • Spanish : mirar, vigilar
  • Swahili : kuangalia
  • Telugu : గమనించు (gamaniMcu)

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