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A pocketwatch(timepiece)
A wristwatch(timepiece)

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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As a noun, fromMiddle Englishwacche, fromOld Englishwæċċe. See below for verb form.

Noun

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watch (pluralwatches)

  2. Aportable orwearabletimepiece.
    Hypernyms:timepiece <device
    Hyponyms:wristwatch,pocket watch,fob watch,stopwatch,quartz watch,smartwatch,digital watch,analogue watch,analog watch,duplex watch,mystery watch
    Meronyms:watch face,watch receiver,watchspring,watch battery,watchstrap,watch strap,watchband
    Coordinate term:clock
    More people today carry awatch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use awatch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
    He set the alarm on hiswatch to 8:00 am.
  3. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
    • 1667,John Milton, “Book XII”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      shepherds keepingwatch by night
    • 1717,Joseph Addison,Metamorphoses:
      All the long night their mournfulwatch they keep.
  4. A particulartime period whenguarding is kept.
    The secondwatch of the night began at midnight.
    • c.1606 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene v]:
      I did stand mywatch upon the hill.
    • 1634 October 9 (first performance), [John Milton], edited byH[enry] Lawes,A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] forHvmphrey Robinson, […], published1637,→OCLC; reprinted asComus: […] (Dodd, Mead & Company’s Facsimile Reprints of Rare Books; Literature Series; no. I), New York, N.Y.:Dodd, Mead & Company,1903,→OCLC:
      Might we but hear[…]
      Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock
      Count the nightwatches to his feathery dames.
    • 1861, E. J. Guerin,Mountain Charley, page30:
      In the evening a tremendous thunder storm, accompanied by wind and rain. It is mywatch and I find it a terrible time to act as sentry.
  5. A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of abiphasic sleep pattern (thedead sleep orfirst sleep andmorning sleep orsecond sleep): the first waking.
  6. A person or group of people whoguard.
    Thewatch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
  7. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
  8. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:starboard watch,port watch.
  9. (nautical) Aperiod oftime onduty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew whotend theworking of avessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
  10. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
    • 2004, Charles P. Nemeth,Criminal law:
      A quickwatch of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange sends this reality home fast. Amoral, vacuous, cold-blooded, unsympathetic, and chillingly evil describe only parts of the story.
    • 2016 August 11, Andrew Bullock, “David Brent REVIEW: Life on the Road goes from painfully funny to just plain painful. Ouch”, inSunday Express:
      The first third of the film is laugh after laugh;[…] But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortablewatch at times.
Derived terms
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Terms derived from the noun “watch”
Descendants
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Translations
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portable or wearable timepiece—see alsowristwatch,‎pocket watch
the act of guarding
particular time period
person or group of people who guard
place where a watchman is posted
group of sailors and officers
period of time on duty
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Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishwacchen, fromOld Englishwæċċan, fromProto-West Germanic*wakkjan, fromProto-Germanic*wakjaną.

Verb

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watch (third-person singular simple presentwatches,present participlewatching,simple past and past participlewatched)

  1. (ambitransitive) Tolook at,see, orview for a period of time.
    Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
    I'm tired ofwatching TV.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just towatch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
  2. (transitive) Toobserve over a period oftime; tonotice or payattention.
    Watch this!
    Put a little baking soda in some vinegar andwatch what happens.
  3. (transitive) Tomind,attend, orguard.
    Pleasewatch my suitcase for a minute.
    He has towatch the kids that afternoon.
    • 1899,Stephen Crane, chapter 1, inTwelve O'Clock:
      […] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. Theywatch it all th' time b'cause they know blame well there ain't hardly room fer their feet fer th' pikers an' tin-horns an' thimble-riggers what are layin' fer 'em. […]”
  4. (transitive) To bewary orcautious of.
    You shouldwatch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
  5. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
    watch your head;watch your step
    Watch yourself when you talk to him.
    Watch what you say.
  6. (intransitive) To remainawake with a sick or dying person; to maintain avigil.
    • 1687, John Aubrey,Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page30:
      At the funeralls in Yorkeshire, to this day, they continue the custome ofwatching & sitting-up all night till the body is interred.
  7. (intransitive) To bevigilant oron one's guard.
    For some mustwatch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
  8. (intransitive) To act as alookout.
  9. (nautical, of abuoy) To serve the purpose of awatchman by floating properly in its place.
  10. (obsolete, intransitive) To beawake.
    • 1485,Thomas Malory,Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X:
      So on the morne Sir Trystram, Sir Gareth and Sir Dynadan arose early and went unto Sir Palomydes chambir, and there they founde hym faste aslepe, for he had all nyghtwacched[…]
  11. (transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
    • 1789,John Moore,Zeluco, Valancourt, published2008, page80:
      [S]he had reason to dread that her husband had formed a very criminal project of being revenged on Zeluco, andwatched an opportunity of putting it in execution.
Usage notes
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  • When used transitively to meanlook at something, there is an implication that the direct object is something which is capable of changing.
Conjugation
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Conjugation ofwatch
infinitive(to)watch
present tensepast tense
1st-personsingularwatchwatched
2nd-personsingularwatch,watchest†watched,watchedst†
3rd-personsingularwatches,watcheth†watched
pluralwatch
subjunctivewatchwatched
imperativewatch—
participleswatchingwatched
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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Terms derived from the verb "watch"
Descendants
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Translations
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to look at for a period of time—see alsogaze
to observe—see alsosurvey,‎overlook
to attend or guard
to be wary
to be vigilant
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