watch
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(noun) a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
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Synonyms: vigil |
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Related Words: continuous receiver watch, listening watch, spying, surveillance |
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(verb) observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed" |
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Synonyms: look on |
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Related Words: sit back, sit by |
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(verb) look attentively; "watch a basketball game" |
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Related Words: catch, observe, rubberneck, see, take in, view, watch, witness |
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(verb) see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Brodaway" |
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Synonyms: catch, see, take in, view |
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Related Words: preview, spectate, watch |
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(verb) be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!" |
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Synonyms: look out, watch out |
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Related Words: beware, keep an eye on, keep one's eyes open, keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, look after, mind |
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(verb) follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" |
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Synonyms: follow, keep an eye on, observe, watch over |
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Related Words: check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, guard, invigilate, look into, proctor, suss out |
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(noun) a small portable timepiece |
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Synonyms: ticker |
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Related Words: analog watch, digital watch, hunter, hunting watch, pendulum watch, pocket watch, stem-winder, timekeeper, timepiece, wrist watch, wristwatch |
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(noun) a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty |
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Related Words: dogwatch, duty period, graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watch, shift, work shift |
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(noun) the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) a devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
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Synonyms: vigil |
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Related Words: agrypnia, religious rite, rite, viewing, wake |
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(verb) check, try, or ascertain; "See whether it works!" |
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Synonyms: see |
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(noun) a person employed to watch for something to happen |
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Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry |
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Related Words: security guard, watcher, watchman |
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(verb) find out or learn with certainty; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "Watch how he will react" |
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Synonyms: ascertain, check, determine, find out, learn, see |
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Related Words: test |
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