Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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watch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
watcher | Yes | No | No | No |
watch (noun) | watcher (noun) |
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a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe | a guard who keeps watch |
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) | a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) |
a small portable timepiece | a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body |
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event | |
a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty | |
the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty |
watch (verb) | watcher (verb) |
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find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | |
look attentively | |
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful | |
observe without intervening | |
observe or determine by looking | |
see or watch | |
follow with the eyes or the mind |