watch
watch
wɑ:ʧ
vaach
/wɒtʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "watch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to look at a thing or person and pay attention to it for some time
Transitive: to watch sb/sth
Ditransitive: to watch sb do sth
to watch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She sat on the park bench and watched the children play in the playground.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āĻšā§‡ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϖ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϠ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāϜāϰ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to actively pay attention and observe in order to notice any changes or developments
Transitive: to watch developments or activities of something or someone
to watch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The court case is being closely watched by the media.
āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋, āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹

used for saying that someone needs to be careful of a particular thing
Transitive: to watch sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Hey, watch your tone when speaking to your boss.
āφāϰ⧇, āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŸā§‹āύ āϖ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāĻ–ā§‹āĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take care of and look after someone or something for a period of time
Transitive: to watch sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you watch my plants while I'm away on vacation?
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦ⧇āύ?
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āύāϜāϰāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ⧇ āϤāĻĻāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to observe and monitor someone's activities over an extended period without their knowledge
Transitive: to watch sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police were watching the known gang members closely.
āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŖ, āϰāĻžāϤ āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŖ

to stay awake during the night, especially in order to do something
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The devout worshipper watched whole nights in the church, seeking divine guidance and strength.
āϧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻžāϏāĻ• āĻ—āĻŋāĻ°ā§āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻžāϰāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ āĻœā§‡āϗ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇āύ, āϐāĻļā§āĻŦāϰāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāϜāϤ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻšāĻžāϤ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ

a small clock worn on a strap on your wrist or carried in your pocket
watch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her watch has a leather strap and a gold dial.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧋āύāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰ⧀, āϰāĻ•ā§āώāĻ•

a person whose duty is to protect a person or thing by observing them carefully
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āĻāĻ•āĻĻāϞ āύāĻžāχāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϗ⧇āϞ, āύāĻžāχāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāρāĻ•

a group of nightingales
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āύāĻŋāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰāĻž

a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāωāϟāĻŋ

a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻšāϰāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāωāϟāĻŋ

the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
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āϜāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŖ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻž āϰāĻžāϤ

the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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