Watch Definition
- graveyard-shift
- graveyard-watch
- dogwatch
- sentry duty
- picket duty
- night-watch
- guard duty
- patrol
- trick
- shift
- vigil
- watcher
- outlook
- invigilation
- guardsman
- To be careful:
had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice.
- To act or proceed with care and caution.
- To behave as is demanded, required, or appropriate.
- watching; on the lookout, as for some thing or person expected
- during the period that a particular person or group is in charge
unemployment rose on the former mayor's watch
- to be careful, cautious, or discreet
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Watch
- watch it
- watch (one's) step
- on the watch
- on someone's watch
- watch oneself
- watch out
- watch over
Origin of Watch
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As a verb, from Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæċċan (from the same root as its synonym and doublet wacian, which lead to wake in modern English), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wakōnÄ…, *wakjanÄ…. Cognate with West Frisian weitsje (“to wake, watch"), Dutch waken (“to wake, watch"), German wachen (“to wake, watch").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English wacchen from Old English wæccan to watch, be awake weg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.
From Wiktionary
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