watch

CEFRA1

/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look at something carefully for a period of time.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A particular time period when guarding is kept.

Examples

  • She kept looking anxiously at her watch.

  • There are 1000 movies that one must watch before dying.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A portable or wearable timepiece.

  2. A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.

More examples

In context

  • Did you watch the game?

  • He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.

  • Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband

Antonyms

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Origin

verb

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.