watch vs see vs look

Definitions

noun

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
2. the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
3. the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
4. a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
5. a small portable timepiece

verb

1. observe with attention
2. follow with the eyes or the mind
3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
4. be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
5. observe or determine by looking

Examples

Watching celebs suffer from hunger and lack of home comforts is somehow really entertaining.

He watched them disappear from his view, his father still waddling along with that bloody basket.

In many places, glittering among the clothes, were gold and silver coins, a few silver ornaments such as buckles, and watches -- things not missed by the pirates in the transport of their flight.

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Definitions

verb

1. go to see a place, as for entertainment
2. undergo or live through a difficult experience
3. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
4. date regularly; have a steady relationship with
5. observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

noun

1. 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.

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noun

1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
2. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
3. the feelings expressed on a person's face
4. physical appearance

verb

1. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
2. look forward to the probable occurrence of
3. have faith or confidence in
4. search or seek
5. convey by one's expression

Examples

He was a cute little beggar, looked like you as well.

But they have an undeniable gentleness and elephantine beauty about them, with their hanging folds of skin and ponderous outlook on life.

If we have spent several class periods introducing conventions of reasoned evidence in argumentative writing, we usually look for such features in student papers.

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