Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To watch over.

  2. (transitive)To watch excessively.

  3. (obsolete, transitive)To overcome with long lack of rest.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom is a Hanzo main in Overwatch.

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  2. She said her next costume will be of her favorite character in the video game, “Overwatch.”

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Origin

From over- + watch. Back-formation from watch over.

From over- + watch. Back-formation from watch over.

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Forms

overwatches, overwatching, overwatched, overwatched
Base formoverwatch · to overwatch
3rd person singularoverwatches
Present participleoverwatching
Past simpleoverwatched
Past participleoverwatched

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverwatch
he, she, itoverwatches

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverwatched

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overwatched
he, she, ithas overwatched

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overwatch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overuseoverviewoverweightA2overwhelmB1
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