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Dictionary definition: watch
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- The Oxford American College Dictionary
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watch
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wä
ch
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• v.
1.
[
trans.
]look at or observe attentively, typically over a period of time:
Lucy watched him go
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intrans.
]
as she watched, two women came into the garden
| [with
clause
]
everyone stopped to watch what was going on.
∎
keep under careful or protective observation:
a large set of steel doors,
watched over
by a single guard.
∎
secretly follow or spy on:
he told me my telephones were tapped and I was being watched.
∎
follow closely or maintain an interest in:
the girls watched the development of this relationship with incredulity.
∎
exercise care, caution, or ...