Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
portable or wearable timepiece:
particular time period:
person or group of people who guard:
Русский
By meaning 4
portable or wearable timepiece:
the act of guarding:
particular time period:
person or group of people who guard:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
portable or wearable timepiece:
particular time period:

Examples

4181 sentences

  1. Something was wrong with the watch.

    Щось було не так із годинником. — deniko

    ruС часами было что-то не так. — Hellerick

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  2. Your watch is on the desk.

    Твій годинник на столі. — deniko

    ruТвои часы на письменном столе. — marafon

    deDeine Armbanduhr befindet sich auf dem Schreibtisch. — Manfredo

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  3. My watch is ten minutes fast.

    Мій годинник поспішає на десять хвилин. — deniko

    ruМои часы спешат на десять минут. — Wezel

    deMeine Uhr geht zehn Minuten vor. — MUIRIEL

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Meaning

10 senses

  1. A portable or wearable timepiece.

    Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband

    More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.

    Uhr, Armbanduhr

    нару́чные часы́narúčnyje časý, часы́časý

    годи́нникhodýnnyk, нару́чний годи́нникnarúčnyj hodýnnyk

    a small portable timepiece

  2. A person or group of people who guard.

    The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

    Wache

    стра́жаstráža, карау́лkaraúl, дозо́рdozór

    сторо́жаstoróža, ва́ртаvárta, карау́лkaraúl

  3. A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).

    ва́хтаváxta

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

More meanings 7

  1. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.

    карау́лkaraúl, охра́наoxrána

    a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

  2. A particular time period when guarding is kept.

    The second watch of the night began at midnight.

    Wache

    ва́хтаváxta, дежу́рствоdežúrstvo, карау́лkaraúl

    ва́хтаváxta, чергува́нняčerhuvánnja, вартува́нняvartuvánnja

    the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

  3. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

  4. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.

    Wache

    ва́хтаváxta

    ва́хтаváxta

  5. A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.

  6. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

  7. (collective, rare)A group of nightingales.

Origin

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.

As a noun, from Middle English wacche, from Old English wæċċe. See below for verb form.

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Forms

plural: watches
Singularwatch
Pluralwatches

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small portable timepiece:ticker
  • a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe:vigil
  • a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event:lookoutsentinelsentryspotterscoutpicket
  • the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival):vigil

Word family

85 related words
DerivedstopwatchB2wristwatchB1analogue watchdeathwatchdeathwatch beetledigital watchdogwatchdoomwatchduplex watchfinger watchfire watchfirst watchfob watchforewatchgraveyard watchkeep watchlistening watchmiddle watchmystery watchnight watchon watchoverwatchpocket watchquartz watch

Collocations

7 patterns
  • watch a movie
  • watch television
  • enjoy watching
  • watching baseball
  • watching horror movies
  • like to watch
  • enjoy watching baseball

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wastefulB1wastelandwasterwatwatchdogwatcherwatchful

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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