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watch

English

  1. 🔊 a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
  2. 🔊 a small portable timepiece
  3. 🔊 a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
  4. 🔊 the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
  5. 🔊 the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
  6. 🔊 a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
  7. 🔊 observe with attention
    “They watched as the murderer was executed”
  8. 🔊 observe or determine by looking
    “Watch how the dog chases the cats away”
  9. 🔊 look attentively
    “watch a basketball game”
  10. 🔊 see or watch
    “view a show on television”
  11. 🔊 be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
    “Watch out for pickpockets!”
  12. 🔊 follow with the eyes or the mind
    “Keep an eye on the baby, please!”
  13. 🔊 find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
    “I want to see whether she speaks French”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 amaitinar to watch
  2. 🔊 ver to watch
  3. 🔊 velar to watch, guard
  4. 🔊 atisbar to watch, observe
  5. 🔊 reloj watch, wristwatch
  6. 🔊 reguardar to watch, to look carefully
  7. 🔊 pispar to watch, to observe; to lurk, to spy on
  8. 🔊 guardia watch, guard, guarding, guard duty, sentry duty
  9. 🔊 cuarto watch, shift (the time that a soldier, guard, police, etc. spends on patrol)

Similar words

vigil vigil ticker lookout lookout man sentinel sentry spotter scout picket determine check find out see ascertain learn look on view see catch take in look out watch out observe