see vs watch vs look
Definitions
verb
- go to see a place, as for entertainment
- undergo or live through a difficult experience
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- date regularly; have a steady relationship with
- observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect
noun
- the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
Examples
When we see her, we remember that hot July day doing five knots pulling Jess and Jerry on a tube and Russ skippering his first yacht.
Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
It also seems to carry the well-tempered glow of late Woody Allen with a well-satisfied view of late life and with few illusions.
Definitions
noun
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
- the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
- a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
- a small portable timepiece
verb
- observe with attention
- follow with the eyes or the mind
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
- observe or determine by looking
Examples
He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.
Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining.
This contact of his had passed on to him a list of slightly disreputable jewelers and watchmakers in the area, on which I was rather impressed and a bit taken aback to find my appearance.
Definitions
noun
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
- the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
- the feelings expressed on a person's face
- physical appearance
verb
- give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- look forward to the probable occurrence of
- have faith or confidence in
- search or seek
- convey by one's expression
Examples
He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.
If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.
When the moment finally comes, one look through his cataract lenses is all it takes.
