watch

Etymology 1
As a noun, from, from. See below for verb form.

Noun

 * 1) A portable or wearable timepiece.
 * 2) The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
 * 3) A particular time period when guarding is kept.
 * 4) 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.
 * 5) A person or group of people who guard.
 * 6) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
 * 7)  A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
 * 8)  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).
 * 9) The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A person or group of people who guard.
 * 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.
 * 5)  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).
 * 6) The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
 * 1) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
 * 2)  A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
 * 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).
 * 4) The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
 * 1) The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, orë dore,
 * Arabic:
 * Tunisian Arabic: منڨالة
 * Aragonese: reloch
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian: sãhate
 * Asturian:
 * Atong (India): khori
 * Azerbaijani: qol saatı,
 * Bashkir: ҡул сәғәте, сәғәт
 * Basque: ,
 * Belarusian: гадзі́ннік, нару́чны гадзі́ннік
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᏩᏥ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 手錶
 * Dungan: шубё, бё
 * Eastern Min: 手錶
 * Hakka: 時錶仔
 * Hokkien:, , 時錶, 時表,
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 手錶
 * Cornish: euryor
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: brakhorloĝo
 * Estonian:, käekell
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:,  ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: orloi
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მაჯის საათი, საათი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, वॉच
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Istriot: rilojo
 * Italian:, , orologio da tasca
 * Japanese:,  ,  , ウオッチ
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:, 워치
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: سەعات, کات ژمێر
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: ëura
 * Lao:, ນາລິກາ
 * Latgalian: stuņdinīks, stuņdiņs
 * Latin: horologium armillare
 * Latvian: pulkstenis,
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: часовник
 * Malay:
 * Maori: wati
 * Marathi:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: бугүйн цаг,
 * Ngazidja Comorian: saya
 * Norman: mouontre
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, ,
 * Occitan:
 * Ottoman Turkish: ساعت
 * Papiamentu: oloshi
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , relógio de bolso
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Sardinian: arrellógiu
 * Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ча̀со̄внӣк, са̑т
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: zapestna ura,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: relos,
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: นาฬิกาข้อมือ, นาฬิกาพก
 * Turkish: kol saatı,
 * Turkmen: sagat
 * Ukrainian:, нару́чний годи́нник
 * Urdu: گَھڑی,
 * Uzbek:, qoʻl soat
 * Venetian: rełogio
 * Vietnamese:
 * Waray-Waray: relo
 * Welsh: oriadur,
 * Yiddish: זייגערל
 * Yup'ik: cass'aq
 * Zazaki: sehat
 * Zhuang: biuj


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: ҡарауыл
 * Bulgarian:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φυλακή, τήρησις, σκοπιά, φρούρημα, νύχευμα, φρουρά
 * Irish: faire
 * Italian:, ,
 * Latin: vigilia
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Wacht
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Tamil:


 * Afrikaans: wag
 * Aromanian: viglã, strajã
 * Belarusian: ва́хта, дзяжу́рства
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φυλακή
 * Hebrew:
 * Italian: turno di guardia
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: vigilia
 * Luxembourgish: Wuecht
 * Maori: tiakanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Persian:, پَهْر
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: faire
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, чергува́ння
 * Zazaki: nomet


 * Afrikaans: wag
 * Arabic: حارس
 * Azerbaijani:, , keşikçi, ,
 * Bashkir: ҡарауыл
 * Belarusian: ва́рта, старо́жа, страж, караву́л
 * Bulgarian:, , ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: φύλαξ, τηρητής, σκοπός, οὖρος, φρουρός, φρουρητήρ, σκοπιωρός, φυλακή
 * Italian: ,
 * Kazakh: қарауыл
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan:, gacha, , gàrdia
 * Persian: دیدِه‌بان, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, , , , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman:, dežuranje
 * Southern Altai: каруул
 * Swedish:, vaktpatrull
 * Tamil: காவலாளி
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: కాపలాదారు
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: garawul
 * Ukrainian: сторо́жа,, , ча́ти
 * Uzbek:
 * Zazaki: pawıtoğ


 * French:
 * Italian: posto di guardia
 * Luxembourgish: Posten
 * Portuguese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian: personale di guardia, personale di sorveglianza, personale di turno
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, quarto de serviço
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tiakanga
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Bengali:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Irish:
 * Norman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Swahili:

Etymology 2
From, from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
 * 2)  To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
 * 3)  To mind, attend, or guard.
 * 4)  To be wary or cautious of.
 * 5)  To attend to dangers to or regarding.
 * 6)  To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
 * 7)  To be vigilant or on one's guard.
 * 8)  To act as a lookout.
 * 9)  To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
 * 10)  To be awake.
 * 11)  To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
 * 1)  To be wary or cautious of.
 * 2)  To attend to dangers to or regarding.
 * 3)  To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
 * 4)  To be vigilant or on one's guard.
 * 5)  To act as a lookout.
 * 6)  To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
 * 7)  To be awake.
 * 8)  To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
 * 1)  To be vigilant or on one's guard.
 * 2)  To act as a lookout.
 * 3)  To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
 * 4)  To be awake.
 * 5)  To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
 * 1)  To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
 * 1)  To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.

Usage notes

 * When used transitively to mean something, there is an implication that the direct object is something which is capable of changing.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic:, تَفَرَّجَ, رَاقَبَ,
 * Egyptian Arabic: شاف, اِتْفرّج
 * Hijazi Arabic: شاف, اتفرج, تابع, راقب
 * South Levantine Arabic: حضر, تفرّج
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: mirar
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Bashkir: ҡарау
 * Belarusian:, паглядзе́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Hakka: 看
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:, , , ,
 * Danish: på, holde øje med
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ყურება
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σκοπέω, βλέπω, ὁράω, θεάομαι, θεωρέω
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: fair
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: bízia, biziá
 * Kambera: tàru
 * Kapampangan: albe
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: بینین, تەمەشاکردن
 * Lao: ເບິ່ງ
 * Latin: cōnspiciō,, , , aspecto
 * Latvian: skatīties
 * Lithuanian:
 * Luxembourgish: kucken, nokucken
 * Macedonian: гледа
 * Malay: menyaksikan, melihat
 * Maori: titiro, mātaki, mātakitaki, mātai
 * Mazanderani: هارشین
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Norman: r'garder
 * Northern Mansi:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, passe på, se på
 * Old Czech: zřieti
 * Old French: espier, reguarder
 * Oromo: eeguu
 * Persian:, تماشا کردن, نظاره کردن, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: qhaway
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sardinian: abbadiare
 * Scottish Gaelic: coimhead
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: гле̏дати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: dívať, pozerať,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: manood, magmasid
 * Tajik: нигоҳ кардан
 * Thai:, ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:, спостеріга́ти
 * Urdu: دیکْھنا
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Waray-Waray: ki-ta, i-mod, tan-au
 * Welsh: ,
 * White Hmong: saib
 * Yiddish: וואַטשן
 * Zazaki: seyr kerden, temaşe kerden, weynen


 * Arabic: رَصَدَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: назіра́ць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏍᏛᎢ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, 觀察
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, holde øje med
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: θεωρέω, γρηγορέω
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: horfa á
 * Irish: fair
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: odja, oiá, biziá, bízia
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: تەماشاکردن
 * Latin:, , , speculor, aspecto
 * Luxembourgish: nokucken
 * Macedonian: набљудува
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: titiro, mātakitaki, mātaki, mātai
 * Norman: r'garder
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, passe på
 * Old French: espier, reguarder
 * Persian: تَماشا کَردَن, ,
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: coimhead
 * Sicilian:
 * Slovak: sledovať
 * Slovene:, opazovati
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: kutazama
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: కాపు ఉండు
 * Tocharian B: yärp-
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: спостеріга́ти
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ,
 * White Hmong: saib
 * Zazaki: çım eşten


 * Arabic: حَرَسَ
 * Belarusian:, вартава́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎤᎦᏎᏍᏛᎢ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 看,
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: se efter, holde øje med
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Old French: gaiter, guarder
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მეთვალყურეობა, ზედამხედველობა, თვალის დევნება, თვალყურის დევნება, დაცვა, დარაჯობა, გუშაგობა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: τηρέω, φυλάσσω, ἐφοράω, φρουρέω
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: fair
 * Italian:, , , fare attenzione
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin:, custodio
 * Luxembourgish: oppassen, surveilléieren, iwwerwaachen
 * Malayalam: കാവല്‍ നില്‍ക്കുക
 * Maori: matapopore
 * Norman: dgetter
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: passe på
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: охороня́ти,
 * Zazaki: haydar biyen


 * Arabic:
 * Belarusian: сачы́ць, назіра́ць
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:, anar amb compte
 * Czech:
 * Danish: holde øje med, vogte på
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: olla varuillaan,
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: εὐλαβέομαι, φράζω, φυλάσσω
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: внимава
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: passe på
 * Portuguese: tomar cuidado, ter cuidado
 * Romanian: avea grijă,, fi vigilent
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: tener cuidado
 * Swedish: ta sig i akt, vara försiktig
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: слідкува́ти


 * Bulgarian:, бо́дърствам
 * Catalan:
 * French:, être vigilant
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Italian: montare la guardia
 * Latin: vigilō
 * Plautdietsch: woaken
 * Romanian: fi vigilent,
 * Russian: ,
 * Swahili:


 * Afrikaans: ,
 * Breton:
 * Interlingua:
 * Latin:
 * Ottoman Turkish:
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: