watch

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/ (Standard Southern British, Scotland, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/ (US) (without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɑt͡ʃ/, /ˈwɔt͡ʃ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈwɑt͡ʃ/ (Canada) IPA(key): /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈwɒt͡ʃ/, [ˈwɔ̟t͡ʃ] Rhymes: -ɒtʃ === Etymology 1 === As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form. ==== Noun ==== watch (plural watches) A portable or wearable timepiece. 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 The act of guarding and observing someone or something. A particular time period when guarding is kept. 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. A person or group of people who guard. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501). The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Atong (India): wach / ৱাচ → Japanese: ウオッチ / ウォッチ → Pennsylvania German: Watsch → Samoan: uati → Unami: wach ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan, from Proto-West Germanic *wakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *wakjaną. Cognate with Dutch wekken, German wecken, Danish vække, Norwegian Bokmål vekke, Norwegian Nynorsk vekkja, Swedish väcka, Faroese and Icelandic vekja. ==== Verb ==== watch (third-person singular simple present watches, present participle watching, simple past and past participle watched) (ambitransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard. (intransitive) To act as a lookout. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake. (transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly. ===== Usage notes ===== When used transitively to mean look at something, there is an implication that the direct object is something which is capable of changing. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Antonyms ===== ignore ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Japanese: ウオッチ / ウォッチ / ヲチ → Spanish: guachar ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ====