watch
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 instrument for telling the timeADJECTIVE▪ digital▪ analogue/analog, mechanical (esp. AmE)▪ pocket, wrist (usually wristwatch)▪ sports▪ designer▪ antique▪ quartz▪ diamond, gold, silverVERB + WATCH▪ check, consult, glance at, look at▪ reset, set▪
Don't forget to set your watch to local time.
▪ synchronize▪Let's synchronize our watches.
▪ wind▪Quartz watches don't need winding.
▪ have on, wear▪ put on▪ take offWATCH + VERB▪ go, work▪My watch is ten years old and it's still going.
▪ stop▪Sorry I'm late—my watch has stopped.
▪ be slow, lose sth▪My watch loses a minute each day.
▪ be fast, gain sth▪ read sth (esp. AmE), say sth, show sth▪My watch says three o'clock.
▪ beep▪Her wrist watch beeped.
WATCH + NOUN▪ face▪ band (usually watchband) (AmE), strap (BrE)▪ battery2 guardADJECTIVE▪ careful, close, vigilant (esp. BrE)▪I kept a close watch on my bag as I sat on the train.
▪They kept a vigilant watch for the enemy.
▪ constant▪ night▪ flood, hurricane (esp. AmE), storm, tornado (esp. AmE)▪We have tornado watches in effect for a lot of Florida.
▪ suicide▪prisoners on suicide watch
▪ neighbourhood/neighborhoodVERB + WATCH▪ keep, stand▪Two soldiers were ordered to keep watch for enemy aircraft.
▪ put▪The garrison commander had put an extra watch on the prisoners.
▪ post▪That night they posted watches.
▪ maintain▪The authorities maintained a careful watch over the establishment.
▪ issue (AmE)▪They're in charge of issuing the tornado watches.
WATCH + NOUN▪ committee▪ tower▪ list (AmE)▪the terrorist watch list
PREPOSITION▪ on watch▪Some of the crew were sleeping, while others were on watch.
▪ on the watch for▪Cats are constantly on the watch for mice or other small mammals.
PHRASES▪ keep watch over sb/sth, stand watch over sb/sth▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}She keeps watch over the inmates.
verbADVERB▪ carefully, closely▪She watched the man closely to see where he would go.
▪ attentively, avidly, eagerly, expectantly, intensely (esp. AmE), intently▪ curiously▪I could see Robby watching curiously.
▪ absently, idly, lazily▪ calmly, impassively, numbly, passively▪ patiently▪I spent hours patiently watching the eagles.
▪ anxiously, apprehensively, helplessly, nervously, warily▪She watched helplessly as her husband was dragged away.
▪ open-mouthed▪ enviously▪He leant in and kissed her as I watched enviously.
▪ amusedly (AmE), in amusement, with amusement▪ covertly, secretly▪ in silence, quietly, silently▪ just, merely, simply▪I love just watching the world go by.
▪ religiously▪My father religiously watched the show every Friday night.
VERB + WATCH▪ could only▪They could only watch in silence as their possessions were taken away.
▪ continue to▪ pause to, stay to, stop to▪They stopped to watch the procession go by.
▪ let sb▪He let me watch while he assembled the model.
PREPOSITION▪ for▪We watched for any sign of change in the weather.
▪ from▪They watched from an upstairs window.
▪ in▪She watched in astonishment as he smashed the machine to pieces.
▪ over▪Maria asked Amelia to watch over her daughter.
▪ with▪He watched with great interest how she coaxed the animals inside.
PHRASES▪ sit and watch, stand and watch▪She stood and watched them walk off down the road.
▪ watch and wait▪He couldn't get in touch with her, so he would just have to watch and wait.
▪ widely watched▪the most widely watched national news bulletins in the country
Watch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑baseball, ↑basketball, ↑broadcast, ↑calorie, ↑cartoon, ↑channel, ↑clip, ↑clock, ↑collapse, ↑commercial, ↑concert, ↑coverage, ↑credit, ↑cricket, ↑crowd, ↑dawn, ↑demonstration, ↑destruction, ↑disc, ↑display, ↑documentary, ↑drama, ↑DVD, ↑edition, ↑end, ↑episode, ↑execution, ↑exit, ↑expression, ↑fight, ↑figure, ↑film, ↑firework, ↑football, ↑game, ↑golf, ↑headline, ↑hockey, ↑intake, ↑kid, ↑language, ↑match, ↑movement, ↑movie, ↑news, ↑parade, ↑performance, ↑play, ↑programme, ↑progress, ↑recording, ↑reflection, ↑replay, ↑rugby, ↑scene, ↑scenery, ↑screen, ↑sheep, ↑show, ↑sky, ↑soap opera, ↑soccer, ↑spectacle, ↑sunset, ↑tape, ↑television, ↑tennis, ↑thriller, ↑traffic, ↑trailer, ↑video, ↑videotape, ↑waistline, ↑weight
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Watch — (w[o^]ch), n. [OE. wacche, AS. w[ae]cce, fr. wacian to wake; akin to D. wacht, waak, G. wacht, wache. [root]134. See {Wake}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
watch — [wäch, wôch] n. [ME wacche < OE wæcce < base of wacian: see WAKE1] 1. the act or fact of keeping awake, esp. of keeping awake and alert, in order to look after, protect, or guard 2. a) any of the several periods into which the night was… … English World dictionary
Watch — Watch, v. i. [Cf. AS. w[oe]ccan, wacian. [root]134. See {Watch}, n., {Wake}, v. i. ] [1913 Webster] 1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil. [1913 Webster] I have two nights watched with you. Shak. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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watch — [n1] clock worn on body analog watch, chronometer, digital watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, ticker*, timepiece, timer, wristwatch; concept 463 watch [n2] lookout alertness, attention, awareness, duty, eagle eye*, eye*, gander, guard, hawk, heed,… … New thesaurus
watch — ► VERB 1) look at attentively. 2) keep under careful or protective observation. 3) exercise care, caution, or restraint about. 4) (watch for) look out for. 5) (watch out) be careful. 6) maintain an interest i … English terms dictionary
Watch — bezeichnet: Watch (Fernsehsender), britischer Fernsehsender The Watch, italienische Progressive Rock Gruppe Siehe auch Black Watch UN Watch Watch Island Watch Valley … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Watch — Watch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Watched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Watching}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
watch — watch unix утилита, запускает и следит за программой через фиксированные интервалы времени. Если интервал не задан с помощью опции n, то команда будет запускаться каждые 2 секунды. Завершить программу можно с помощью нажатия соответствующих … Википедия
Watch Me — «Watch Me» Sencillo de Shake It Up del álbum Break It Down Publicación 21 de junio de 2011 … Wikipedia Español
