Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To guard and protect.

    She stayed up all night to watch over the sick infant.

    behüten, wachen

    опека́тьopekátʹ, наблюдать заnabljudatʹ za

    опікатиopikaty, наглядатиnahljadaty

More definitions
  • follow with the eyes or the mind

Examples

86 sentences
  1. She watched over her mother all night.

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  2. Tom's guardian angel must've been watching over him.

    deToms Schutzengel muss über ihn gewacht haben.

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  3. Tom downloaded some videos to watch over the weekend.

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  4. Tom's guardian angel watches over him.

    ruАнгел-хранитель Тома присматривает за ним.

    deEin Schutzengel wacht über Tom.

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  5. I'm watching that TV over there.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to guard and protect:
Русский
By meaning 1
to guard and protect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to guard and protect:

Forms

watches over, watching over, watched over, watched over
Base formwatch over · to watch over
3rd person singularwatches over
Present participlewatching over
Past simplewatched over
Past participlewatched over

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywatch over
he, she, itwatches over

Past simpleLesson

all personswatched over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave watched over
he, she, ithas watched over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill watch over

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedvigil

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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