Watch

Definition: Watch

Watch

Noun

1. A small portable timepiece.

2. A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.

3. A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.

4. The period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty.

5. A person employed to watch for something to happen.

6. A devotional watch (especially on the eve of a religious festival).

Verb

1. Look attentively; "watch a basketball game".

2. 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".

3. See or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie".

4. Observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed".

5. Be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!".

6. Observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away".

7. Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time".

Date "watch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Specialty Definition: Watch

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	To dream of a watch, denotes you will be prosperous in well-directed speculations. To look at the time of one, your efforts will be defeated by rivalry. To break one, there will be distress and loss menacing you. To drop the crystal of one, foretells carelessness, or unpleasant companionship. For a woman to lose one, signifies domestic disturbances will produce unhappiness. To imagine you steal one, you will have a violent enemy who will attack your reputation. To make a present of one, denotes you will suffer your interest to decline in the pursuance of undignified recreations. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Post & Telecom	The service performed by a qualified operator when on duty in the radio room of a vessel. Source: European Union. (references)
Slang in 1811	WATCH, CHAIN, AND SEALS. A sheep's head And pluck. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
Transportation	The sixth part of a day on board ship during which a watch of men are on duty. Source: European Union. (references)
Weather	An NWS product indicating that a particular hazard is possible, i.e., that conditions are more favorable than usual for its occurrence. A watch is a recommendation for planning, preparation, and increased awareness (i.e., to be alert for changing weather, listen for further information, and think about what to do if the danger materializes). (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
WATCH	English	Wide Angle Telescope for Cosmic Hard X-rays	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attention	Revert to; watch; (expect), (take care of); hearken to, listen to; prick up the ears; have the eyes open, keep the eyes open; come to the point.
Care	Watchfulness; Adjective: vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre.
	Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business.
Expectation	Wait for, tarry for, lie in wait for, watch for, bargain for; keep a good lookout for, keep a sharp lookout for; await; stand at "attention," abide, bide one's time, watch.
Instantaneity	Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry.
Measurement	Bathometer, galvanometer, heliometer, interferometer, odometer, ombrometer, pantometer, pluviometer, pneumatometer, pneumometer, radiometer, refractometer, respirometer, rheometer, spirometer, telemeter, udometer, vacuometer, variometer, viameter, thermometer, thermistor (heat), barometer (air), anemometer (wind), dynamometer, goniometer (angle) meter; landmark; (limit); balance, scale; (weight); marigraph, pneumatograph, stethograph; rain gauge, rain gage; voltmeter(volts), ammeter(amps); spectrophotometer (light absorbance); mass spectrophotometer(molecular mass); geiger counter, scintillation counter(radioactivity); pycnometer (liquid density); graduated cylinder, volumetric flask (volume); radar gun (velocity); radar (distance); side-looking radar (shape, topography); sonar (depth in water); light meter (light intensity); clock, watch, stopwatch, chronometer (time); anemometer (wind velocity); densitometer (color intensity).
Safety	Escort, convoy; garrison; watch, mount guard, patrol.
Warning	Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	They know about us. They watch us dine on empty plates and drink from empty glasses (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Is to watch you die (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) He's so cheesy, I can't watch him without crackers (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) There are only two things that are better than a gun: a Swiss watch and a woman from anywhere (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase) Once you remove Mr. Bonds heart, there should just be enough time for him to watch it stop beating (Tomorrow Never Dies; writing credit: Bruce Feirstein)
Lyrics	I can't watch this (I Can't Watch This; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic) Boy I gotta watch my back (Are You That Somebody; performing artist: Aaliyah) I confess i watch your mouth move baby when you're speaking (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber) I'm going to pick that rose and watch her as she grows in my garden (Spanish Harlem; performing artist: Aretha Franklin) Hold it now and watch the hoodwink (One Week; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)
Clever	Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped. (references; author: Groucho Marx) Put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket. (references; author: Mark Twain) If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf. (references; author: Bob Hope) Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand? (references; author: unknown) When there's nothing on TV, most people will watch it anyway. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch? (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Night Watch (1973) Fox Fire Child Watch (1971) Watch the Birdie... Die! (1968) Children Watch Us Drive (1967) Watch the Butterfly (1966)
Song Titles	I Can't Watch This (performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Sincere Watch Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Orient Watch Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Rhythm Watch Co., Ltd.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2000 Import and Export Market for Watches, Watch Movements, and Watch Cases in Africa (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Angel Watch - Goosebumps, Signs, Dreams and Other Divine Nudges (reference) The Perils Of Imprudent Writing: How to Watch What You Write and Stay Out of Court (reference) Pocket Watches: From the Pendant Watch to the Tourbillon (reference) Center Watch Compilation Reports on Academic Medical Centers (reference) Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Bioterrorism Watch (reference) China Watch (reference) Clinton Watch (reference) Computer Price Watch (reference) Credit Watch (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Dame Edna's Neighbourhood Watch (reference) Watch Me (reference) Watch on the Rhine (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Someone to Watch over Me: Songs of George Gershwin (reference) Watch What Happens (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Game & Watch Gallery (reference) Oregon Scientific AT108A Outbreaker Smart Altimeter Watch (reference) Suunto ALTIMAX Wristop Computer Watch (Black) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Lumiscope 1091 Wrist Watch Style BP Monitor - 29 Mem (reference) Polder Triple Kitchen 20 Hour Timer/Clock/Stop Watch (reference) TIMEX Digital Compass Sports Watch (reference) Carter's - Watch Me Grow - Gift Set - Sage (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	"Orrery" (movie) by Marijke van Gans. Watch Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars orbit the Sun, while the Moon orbits Earth. From inside DPGraph, click on Edit for more information.		Spiro Agnew and Lyndon Johnson Watch the Apollo 11 Liftoff. Credit: NASA.
	Comet P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network. Credit: NASA.		Maintaining Raydist strip chart watch. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Lt. Arthur Wardwell standing watch on HYDROGRAPHER in Aleutians All watches stood outside during war. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Memorial to those who watch and wait for loved ones to return from the sea. Credit: America's Coastlines.
	Drum Point Lighthouse, now a museum, stood watch at the mouth of the Patuxent River. Credit: America's Coastlines.		Another glorious sunset - a benefit of the 4 to 8 watch. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Fisherman John Oman standing bridge watch on the ALBATROSS IV. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Sign warning would be thieves and trespassers of the Squalicum Harbor dock watch. Credit: Fisheries.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.


"Used Watch" by Robert Beliczki Commentary: "This is a member of a exhibition called "Experiment with scanner" photoes made by a flatbed scanner: my slightly used watch."	"Bulova watch" by Braden Hays Commentary: "A shot of my new bulova watch."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Author	Quotation
Alex Clark	Let us watch well our beginnings, and results will manage themselves.
Andrew Carnegie	Concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket...
	As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.
	The way to become rich is to put all your eggs in one basket and then watch that basket.
Joel Chandler Harris	Watch out when you're getting all you want. Fattening hogs ain't in luck.
John Wesley	I set myself on fire and people come to watch me burn.
	Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne	Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.
Shakespeare	Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye; and where care lodges sleep will never lie.
William Shakespeare	He's winding up the watch of his wit. By and by it will strike.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	The power of assembling and dismissing the legislative, placed in the executive, gives not the executive a superiority over it, but is a fiduciary trust placed in him, for the safety of the people, in a case where the uncertainty and variableness of human affairs could not bear a steady fixed rule: for it not being possible, that the first framers of the government should, by any foresight, be so much masters of future events, as to be able to prefix so just periods of return and duration to the assemblies of the legislative, in all times to come, that might exactly answer all the exigencies of the common- wealth; the best remedy could be found for this defect, was to trust this to the prudence of one who was always to be present, and whose business it was to watch over the public good. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	The elder traveler took out his watch.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe	Douglas Adams	After a while an animal- a deer perhaps - would appear from out of the trees and watch him cautiously
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	I used to watch and study this patriarchal personage with, I think, livelier curiosity than any other form of humanity there presented to my notice
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The girls will stand watch.
King Richard III	Shakespeare, William	Give me a watch.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	The men who work in the fields, the owners of the little orchards, watch and calculate
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	In one of my fobs there was a silver watch, and in the other a small quantity of gold in a purse
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	I watch the passage of the morning cars with the same feeling that I do the rising of the sun, which is hardly more regular
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Watch funny movies. (references)
		Sometimes you have to watch carefully. (references)
		You already know you need to watch how much you drink. (references)
Business		Swedes watch less television than the average European. (references)
		The Filipino basketball enthusiast will forego everything to watch a basketball game on television. (references)
		Younger watch less than older and people with higher education watch less than people with lower education. (references)
Children	Russia	Citizens' Watch conducted seminars on legal and social aspects of the problem. (references)
	Indonesia	Street children sell newspapers, shine shoes, help to park or watch cars, and otherwise attempt to earn money. (references)
	Russia	Many NGO's, including Human Rights Watch and Mental Disability Rights International, have called for reform to the child protection system. (references)
Civil Liberties	Australia	Other NGO's such as Human Rights Watch have leveled comparable criticism. (references)
	Kuwait	Satellite dishes are widely available, and citizens with such devices are free to watch all available programming. (references)
	Gambia	Mansaray reported that three policemen bruised his body, tore his trousers, and smashed his watch, necklace, and mobile telephone. (references)
Economic History	Kazakhstan	U.S. firms should watch for tender announcements. (references)
	Latvia	Latvia, however, remains on the USTR 301 watch list. (references)
	Turkey	Turkey had been on the Priority Watch List since 1992. (references)
Human Rights	Somalia	The Horn of Africa Human Rights Watch Committee monitored human rights in Somaliland. (references)
	Jamaica	A 1999 Human Rights Watch report criticized the conditions in which juveniles are held. (references)
	Moldova	Both Helsinki Watch and Amnesty International produce yearly human rights reports on the country. (references)
Political Economy	MOROCCO	Morocco is not on the Special 301 Watch List or Priority Watch List. (references)
	ARGENTINA	The U.S. Trade Representative has placed Argentina on the "Special 301" Priority Watch List. (references)
	POLAND	Poland is currently on the "Special 301 Watch List" due primarily to ineffective enforcement. (references)
Political Rights	Malaysia	In 1999, a group of NGO's formed an independent election watch organization. (references)
	Rwanda	However, a March report by Human Rights Watch indicated that in 45 percent of the contests only one candidate ran for office, some potential candidates withdrew after being threatened, and some voters cast their ballots out of fear of reprisal. (references)
Trade	Haiti	Also excluded are certain watches and watch parts, petroleum and its by-products, prepared or canned tuna, sugar, molasses, syrup, beef, spirits, and footwear. (references)
Travel	Austria	This institution is more than a café, more than a pastry and snack shop, is a venerable cultural institution and social gathering spot where you can linger over your postcard writing or read a newspaper, and watch the world go by. (references)
Women	Mexico	In its 2000 and 2001 annual reports, Human Rights Watch indicated that the Government not only was aware of such practices and failed to prevent them or to punish the perpetrators, but also made public excuses for companies that violated the law. (references)
	Peru	In March 2000, Human Rights Watch called on the Government to improve legislation on domestic violence by eliminating mandatory conciliation sessions between victims and abusers, and by providing law enforcement and social service providers with training to improve their sensitivity to victims' needs. (references)
Worker Rights	Indonesia	It is estimated that more children work in the informal sector than the formal sector, selling newspapers, shining shoes, helping to park or watch cars, and otherwise earning money. (references)
	Nigeria	However, Human Rights Watch reported that according to women's rights organizations, hundreds of women migrated to Europe in response to job offers as domestic workers or waitresses. (references)
	Guatemala	A report by the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, alleged that women workers, especially in the domestic and maquila for-export manufacturing sector, suffer from high rates of discrimination and sexual harassment. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom. Following are some of the more notable epigrams of the learned and ingenious Dr. Jamrach Holobom: We know better the needs of ourselves than of others. To serve oneself is economy of administration. In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. There are three sexes; males, females and girls. Beauty in women and distinction in men are alike in this: they seem to be the unthinking a kind of credibility. Women in love are less ashamed than men. They have less to be ashamed of. While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands you are safe, for you can watch both his.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Alexander Benedetto	William is lying there sleeping in the guest house there. We go back in. We sit down, watch a little TV, unwind a little bit, go to sleep.
Dennis Miller	As a matter of fact, Big Brother can watch me all he wants as long as he gets counted in the ratings.
Jesse Ventura	Taxes were never raised on my watch. In four years, there was never a tax raise, they were all lowered.
Joan Rivers	In school. I watch my diet all the time. Truly, truly, I watch my diet, but I cheat. I live on Cool Whip. I am an all inside plastic person.
John McCain	My spiel is, if you're fair-skinned, watch for discolorations. Don't let your kids out into the sun without sunscreen on.
Lynne Cheney	Well, I understand that, too. You know, I watch my own daughter who has three children and a demanding job. There's a constant pull and tug.
Madonna	Don't read the newspapers. Don't read magazines, and don't watch TV, sorry. I'll watch this interview though.
Regis Philbin	You know, it's a different kind of fun. It's a different kind of venue. It gives me a chance to see the people who watch during the week, you know.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	To secure our commerce in that sea with the smallest force competent, we have supposed it best to watch strictly the harbor of Tripoli.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	This portion of the community have neither time nor opportunity to watch the ebbs and flows of the money market.
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity and usefulness.
Gerald Ford	1974-1977	Younger workers watch their deductions rise and wonder if they will be adequately protected in the future.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	For years, we've mostly treated citizens like they were consumers or spectators, sort of political couch potatoes who were supposed to watch the TV ads, either promise them something for nothing or play on their fears and frustrations.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	46.19%	4,008	2,455
Noun (singular)	30.31%	2,630	3,480
Lexical Verb (base form)	23.23%	2,016	4,283
Noun (proper)	0.24%	21	76,261
Lexical Verb (past participle)	0.02%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	8,677	N/A

Country	Name	Country	Name
Japan	Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.	Singapore	Sincere Watch Limited
	(more examples...)

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "watch".
Name	Gender	Language	Meaning
Kirjath-arim	N/A	Biblical	City of those who watch
Shinar	N/A	Biblical	Watch of him that sleeps
Wardell	Male	English	A watch hill
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "watch": analog watch ♦ anchor watch ♦ area meteorological watch ♦ assemble a watch ♦ be on the watch ♦ be on the watch for ♦ be on watch ♦ Beat of a watch ♦ chronometer watch ♦ clock or watch ♦ continuous receiver watch ♦ day watch ♦ death watch ♦ digital watch ♦ doom watch ♦ Duplex watch ♦ Equation watch ♦ First watch ♦ gold watch ♦ graveyard watch ♦ Harbor watch ♦ hunting watch ♦ in the watch house ♦ Independent seconds watch ♦ it is one o'clock by my watch ♦ keep a close watch on him! ♦ keep a watch on ♦ keep watch ♦ keep watch and ward ♦ keep watch on ♦ keep watch over smb. ♦ lever watch ♦ listening watch ♦ luminous watch ♦ meteorological watch ♦ meteorological watch office ♦ middle watch ♦ minimum knowledge for certification of officers in charge of a navigational watch and of masters ♦ morning watch ♦ my watch gains ♦ night watch ♦ officer of the watch ♦ on the watch ♦ on the watch for expectant ♦ pendulum watch ♦ pocket watch ♦ port watch ♦ quarter watch ♦ quartz watch ♦ radio watch ♦ repeating watch ♦ scheduled watch ♦ set a watch ♦ silver watch ♦ stand watch ♦ starboard watch ♦ stop watch ♦ stopo watch ♦ the hour hand of a watch ♦ the minute hand of a watch ♦ the second hand of a watch ♦ this watch is guaranteed for a year ♦ To be on the watch ♦ To regulate a watch ♦ To set the watch ♦ To watch over ♦ voters Telecommunications Watch ♦ watch and ward ♦ watch and watch ♦ watch barrel ♦ watch bell ♦ watch bill ♦ watch box ♦ watch bracelet ♦ watch cap ♦ watch case ♦ watch chain ♦ watch clock ♦ watch clock compass card etc ♦ watch committee ♦ watch crystal ♦ watch dog ♦ watch fire ♦ watch for ♦ watch for a while ♦ watch for an opportunity ♦ watch frequency ♦ watch glass ♦ watch guard ♦ watch gun ♦ watch hand ♦ watch it! ♦ watch key ♦ watch light ♦ watch like a knife ♦ watch maker ♦ watch meeting ♦ watch night ♦ watch of gold ♦ watch officer ♦ watch one's figure. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "watch": watch-a, watch-alarm, watch-alarms, watch-case, watch-chain, watch-chains, watch-change, watch-crystal, watch-dog, watch-dogs, watch-face, watch-fire, watch-fires, watch-glass, watch-house, watch-keeper, watch-keepers, watch-key, watch-maker, watch-makers, watch-maker's, watch-making, watch-out, watch-part, watch-post, watch-replacement, watch-station, watch-strap, watch-style, watch-tower, watch-towers, watch-vessels, watch-word, watch-worthy.
	Ending with "watch": death-watch, pocket-watch, wrist-watch.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
watch	16,227	cartier watch	981
replica watch	5,457	wholesale geneva watch	966
fake watch	3,430	jacob watch	945
replica rolex watch	2,807	nike watch	787
ticket to watch national association for stock car auto racing	2,788	watch music video	775
rolex watch	2,620	military watch	768
omega watch	2,452	third watch	764
price watch	2,421	lady watch	745
citizen watch	2,412	tissot watch	731
man watch	2,251	timex watch	689
seiko watch	2,056	tag heuer watch	673
swiss army watch	1,862	invicta watch	671
fossil watch	1,851	nixon watch	667
casio watch	1,723	guess watch	631
pocket watch	1,556	breitling watch	628
swiss watch	1,555	bulova watch	618
movado watch	1,218	watch band	599
gucci watch	1,079	swatch watch	595
ticket to watch baseball	1,078	kenneth cole watch	589
wrist watch	1,052	ticket to watch football	578
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "watch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		polshorlosie (wrist-watch), horlosie, armhorlosie (wrist-watch), kyk na (consider, deem, look, look at, regard, view), kyk (consider, deem, look, look at, regard, view), besien (consider, deem, look, regard, see, view), ag (account, accredit, acuity, advertence, advertency, ah, attention, believe, consider, deem, eight, esteem, look, oh, opine, ow, regard, think, think well of, view, woe), aankyk (consider, deem, look, regard, view). (various references)

Albanian		orë (albanian nymph, clock, fate, horologe, hour, ticker, time, timepiece). (various references)

Arabic		‏تهجد, ‏إرتقب, ‏إنتظر (await, bide, hang on, stand in, stay, wait, wait for), ‏الخفير (warder, watchman), ‏الحارس (guardsman, preservative, warden, watchman), ‏عنى (attend, denote, imply, import, look after, manage, mean, see, signify, take care of), ‏سهر (attend, look after, lookout, stay up, vigil, wake, wakefulness, watchfulness), ‏راقب (blue pencil, case, close, control, keep an eye on, look, look after, look on, mind, monitor, observe, overlook, oversee, proctor, spy, stake, superintend, supervise, tend), ‏تنبه (precaution, waken), ‏فترة مناوبة, ‏حراسة (guard rail, guardianship, keeping, safeguard, sentry, ward), ‏حرس (escort, guard, guarding, lifeguard, patrol, safeguard, shepherd, squire, ward, watchdog), ‏حذر (admonish, advise, alert, alertness, be careful, be wise, beware, cagey, calculating, calculation, canny, care, careful, caution, cautious, cautiousness, chariness, chary, considerate, discreet, discreetness, discretion, exhort, fabian, forewarn, guard, guarded, guarding, heedful, leery, look behind, look out, lookout, mind, on the alert, on the lookout, prudence, prudent, safe, shy, shyness, sound an alarm, suspicious, take care, vigilance, vigilant, wariness, warn, wary, wide awake), ‏هجيع, ‏هزيع من الليل, ‏مناوبة (alternation, by fits and starts, relay, rotation, shift, turn of duty), ‏كان يقظا, ‏تأكد من. (various references)

Asturian		ver la tele (to watch television). (various references)

Basque		erlojua, erloju (clock). (various references)

Bemba		ukutamba televishoni (to watch television). (various references)

Bulgarian		нащрек съм (be on one's guard, be on the watch, stand by, watch out), пазя (guard, hoard, invigilate, keep, mind, preserve, protect, screen, spare, treasure up, ward, watch over), бдителност (alertness, guard, look out, outlook, vigilance, wakefulness), бдение, бдя, бодърствувам (wake), бодърствуване, дебна (ambush, be on the lurk, be on the prowl, mouse, prowl, shadow, skulk, slink about, sneak, stalk, trail, waylay), наблюдение (care, look out, observation, supervision, surveillance), стража (guard, look out, sentry, watchmen), очаквам (abide, anticipate, apprehend, await, contemplate, envisage, expect, hope, wait, ween), вахта (look out), гледам (eye, gape, lamp, look, look at, look on, look out, look through, manage, mind, nurse, open, overlook, point, regard, see, see into, tend, view), часовник (clock, horologe, ticker, tick-tack, timekeeper, timepiece, timer), следя (gumshoe, keep an eye on, mouse, observe, ride herd on, shadow, stag, tail, track, trail), страж (sentinel, warden, warder), наблюдавам (eye, inspect, keep an eye on, look on, note, observe, oversee, regard, stag). (various references)

Catalan		veure (consider, deem, look, regard, see, to see, view), rellotge, mirar (consider, deem, look, regard, view). (various references)

Cebuano		manan-aw sa telibisyon (to watch television). (various references)

Chamorro		para ma eggá i television (to watch television). (various references)

Chinese		錶 , 手表 (Watches, wristwatch). (various references)

Cornish		myras orth (to watch). (various references)

Czech		sledovat (follow, follow up, observe, pursue, retrace, shadow, tail, teleview, trace, track, trail), pozorovat (observe, spy, study), hodinky (timepiece). (various references)

Danish		ur (clock). (various references)

Dutch		horloge (wrist-watch), uurwerk (clock), polshorloge (wrist-watch). (various references)

Ecuadorian Quechua		televisionta ricuna (to watch television). (various references)

Esperanto		spekti, rigardi (consider, deem, look, look at, regard, view), horloĝo (clock), horloĝeto, brakhorloĝo (wrist-watch). (various references)

Estonian

Watch

Definition: Watch

Watch

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Watch

Specialty Definition: Watch

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Watch

WATCH

Synonyms: Watch

Synonyms within Context: Watch

Attention

Care

Expectation

Instantaneity

Measurement

Safety

Warning

Crosswords: Watch

Modern Usage: Watch

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Tongue Twisters

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Watch

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

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Photo Album: Watch

Digital Photo Gallery: Watch

Familiar Quotations: Watch

Alex Clark

Andrew Carnegie

Joel Chandler Harris

John Wesley

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Historic Usage: Watch

John Locke

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Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Watch

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Watch

Alexander Benedetto

Dennis Miller

Jesse Ventura

Joan Rivers

John McCain

Lynne Cheney

Madonna

Regis Philbin

Speeches: Watch

Photos:
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Computer Images:
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