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[ US /ˈwɑtʃ, ˈwɔtʃ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɒt‍ʃ/ ]
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
  6. a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
VERB
  1. observe with attention
    They watched as the murderer was executed
  2. follow with the eyes or the mind
    She followed the men with the binoculars
    The world is watching Sarajevo
    Keep an eye on the baby, please!
  3. find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    Check whether the train leaves on time
    See whether it works
    I want to see whether she speaks French
    find out if he speaks Russian
  4. be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
    Watch out for pickpockets!
  5. observe or determine by looking
    Watch how the dog chases the cats away
  6. look attentively
    watch a basketball game
  7. see or watch
    view an exhibition
    view a show on television
    see a movie
    Catch a show on Broadway
    This program will be seen all over the world

How To Use watch In A Sentence

  • 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. The Sun
  • 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.
  • 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. The Frozen Pirate
  • Parents have to be a lot more careful about what their children are allowed to watch on the TV.
  • I'm still feeling a bit cranially sprained, mind you, but the cat seems perfectly happy to be spending a snow day on the couch with me, watching S3 of Mission: Impossible. The Snowpocalypse Continues
  • Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
  • The forecasts have been asking us to watch out for thunderclouds and thundershowers for a long while now.
  • The two-hour show was televised on the national network so the whole country could watch.
  • This sort of enamel work on a faceted metal body was copied from the enamelled European watches.
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